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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter VI (search)
felt an earnest desire to heal old grievances, to secure the personal rights and property of the colonists, and to promote their prosperity. Franchises were neither conceded nor restricted; for it did not occur to his pride, that, at that time, there could be in an American province any thing like established privileges or vigorous political life; nor was he aware that the seeds of liberty were already germinating on the borders of the Chesapeake. His first Virginian measure was a proc- April 9. lamation on tobacco; confirming to Virginia and the Somer Isles the exclusive supply of the British market, under penalty of the censure of the star-chamber for Chap. VI.} 1625 May 13. disobedience. In a few days, a new proclamation appeared, in which it was his evident design to secure the profits that might before have been engrossed by the corporation. After a careful declaration of the forfeiture of the charters, and consequently of the immediate dependence of Virginia upon himself