Growth of Virginia culture

Question 1

Unrest tipping into war in Britain

Answer 1

Scotland 1639-1640
Ireland 1641
English Civil Wars 1642-1650

Question 2

Classic division between the 2 opposing forces in English conflicts

Answer 2

Parliamentarians with puritan religious sensibility
Royalist forces known as cavaliers

Question 3

Berkeleys (William Berkeley b.1605)

Answer 3

Rose to prominence in service to Elizabeth I; supporters of the Crown
Raised as a gentleman
1632: entered household of Charles I
Member of group known as The Wits

Question 4

William Berkeley served

Answer 4

In Charles I’s army against the Scottish
Knighted for his service
1641 named Governor of Virginia (replaced Wyatt)

Question 5

Instructions to Berkeley from Charles
9 August 1641

Answer 5

Serve God in the form of the Church of England
Those who refused the Oath of Allegiance to be sent home
Held quarterly courts
Inferior courts for minor offences
Beacons erected across colony
All persons 16+ to bear arms
Trade with indigenous banned (unless had a special licence)
Everyone expected to build a house
Sale of wine and tobacco to be regulated

Question 6

Green Spring Plantation
Governor Berkeley’s granted plantation (different to Berkeley Plantation - different Berkeley)

Answer 6

Patent 1643 over 1000 acres
2 miles north of Jamestown
Plantation house built 1645

Question 7

Berkeley was experimental in

Answer 7

Diversifying production away from reliance on tobacco
Flax, fruits, rice, silk, spirits traded to Britain, Netherlands, West Indies and elsewhere in North America

Question 8

Louis R Caywood: Green Spring Plantation Archaeological Report book

Answer 8

First gentleman farmer of Virginia and his plantation, adjoining the governor’s land, was as fully developed as any in the colony