There are a bunch of histories of Jamestown: Warren M. Billings "Jamestown and the Founding of the Nation" is probably the most accessible. If you can find it, Carl Bridenbaugh's covered the whole period in which Jamestown was the capital. The issue of Virginia loyalties during the English Civil War was a major component in the construction of Virginia's "Cavalier" identity -- after the Cromwellian period closed, Charles II famously described Virginia as his "good old dominion" -- labelling it loyal, but the action in the 1650s when Virginia "surrendered" to the Cromwellians, suggests there was a more pragmatic reaction of the Virginians to the events back in the England. David Kiracofe David Kiracofe History Tidewater Community College Chesapeake Campus 1428 Cedar Road Chesapeake, Va 23322 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html