Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 3
2. Preface 5
3. Table of Contents 7
4. I. The Expansion of Virginia During the Generation Preceding the Revolution 13
5. II. The Legislative and Constitutional Heritage of the Revolutionary Period 21
6. III. Governor Dunmore and the End of the Colonial System 61
7. IV. The Beginnings of the Revolutionary Movement to March, 1775 76
8. V. The Convention of March, 1775 110
9. VI. The Convention Year and the Committee of Safety 137
10. VII. The Constitution of 1776 158
11. VIII. The Revision of the Laws and the Struggle for Religious Freedom 178
12. Appendix 213
13. Bibliography 214