Category: History - American

The Planters of Colonial Virginia

Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, 1879-1966· 2 chapters· 79,414 words

At the beginning of the Seventeenth century colonial expansion had become for England an economic necessity. Because of the depletion of her forests, which constituted perhaps the most important of her natural resources, she could no longer look for prosperity from the old ind...

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1. CHAPTER VIII: BENEATH THE BLACK TIDE 134

At the beginning of the Seventeenth century colonial expansion had become for England an economic necessity. Because of the depletion of her forests, which constituted perhaps t...

2. d. Inconsistent alphabetization of proper names;