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injustices, combined with the unfair and
oppressive policy of Governor
Berkeley, and his failure to quell the
Indian uprisings led at last to the
rebellion of the downtrodden planters
under the leadership of Na-
thaniel Bacon, a descendant of Lord
Bacon. Bacon led the planters
successfully against the Indians and
protected the frontiers, then drove
out Berkeley and remained master of
Virginia until his death a few
months later, when Berkeley once more
assumed control. Then oc-
curred a systematic and wholesale
persecution of the rebels, which
lasted, contrary to the King's commands,
until Berkeley was recalled to
England.
Affairs in Virginia were becoming more
and more confused. The
people no longer supported the King and
his royal governor, but con-
tested for their own rights and
privileges. This feeling became stronger
with the efforts of Charles II. and
James II. to curb their independence
and bring them more closely under royal
control. The House of Bur-
gesses showed itself ready to protest to
the King himself rather than obey
his unwise commands, and the Burghers
and rich planters, descendants
of English aristocracy though they were,
refused to give up any of the
people's privileges. During Lord
Howard's administration many of the
powers of the House were curtailed, but
their political experience was
deeply extended. The revolution of 1688
and the accession to the throne
of the Protestant rulers, William and
Mary, were joyfully welcomed by
the colony. The liberal policies and
consideration for colonial affairs
adopted by these rulers were continued
to the great advantage of Vir-
ginia until George III's attempts to
encroach upon the American col-
onists' rights established during this
period resulted in the Revolution a
century later.
We can recommend this work as one of the
most valuable contribu-
tions to American history, and it may be
regarded as a conclusive and
authoritative source for the student of
history and politics of this period
of colonial days.
WOMEN OF OHIO.
Ohio historians and writers, numerous
and brilliant though their
works have been, have for the most part
neglected a fertile field of
interesting and important material-that
of the work of the women
of Ohio. Many well-known names and
influential characters are enrolled in
the list of Ohio's daughters, adopted as
well as native, and their lives and
experiences make a fascinating study
which the body of Ohio citizens
should be made familiar with, especially
in these days when the women
are awakening to new interest in
themselves and in their State.
In the early frontier days, great women,
strong and hardy pioneers,
marched shoulder to shoulder with their
adventurous husbands, shar-
ing all the labors, hardships and
dangers, and helping to snatch a home