University of Virginia Library

QUESTIONS

  • 1. How and why did Virginia become a royal colony?

  • 2. What was Lord Baltimore's plan to establish a settlement?

  • 3. Who opposed it, and why?

  • 4. On what condition did the House of Burgesses give their consent?

  • 5. Did Lord Baltimore accept the condition?

  • 6. What grant did he secure from Charles I.?

  • 7. Who carried out his plans?

  • 8. Against what did Virginia protest?

  • 9. To what event can opposition to British encroachment be traced?

  • 10. What action did the people take in the case of Sir John Harvey?

  • 11. Which did the king sustain?

  • 12. Why does this case deserve a place in Virginia history?

  • 13. Who was Sir William Berkeley, and when was he appointed
    governor?

  • 14. Give an account of Opechancanough's last attempt to exterminate
    the English.

  • 15. What was the result?

  • 16. Tell of his death.