Recap and Restatement: an Intro The next to last module discussed the formation of the Royalist Tidewater political culture and the the overall economic development-related
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1. Settlement of the Piedmont Rise of the Piedmont Plantation Elite
There were several change drivers that affected the economic development strategies of the period. The more important dynamics included: (1) settlement of the Piedmont by
4. Planter Oligopoly Takes Over County, Infiltrates Colony-Level Policy System, and Infuses Political Structures with its Values and Self-Interest: a closed Elite System
It is not often we witness the birth of a political culture by a political entrepreneur. When William Berkeley came to Virginia in 1642 and
3. Virginia: Governor William Berkeley: Virginia’s First Economic Developer Imports a Political Culture
Berkeley was a true “cavalier”, a junior member of the British aristocracy, with a heritage that extended to William the Conqueror. In England, the Berkeley
2. Virginia: the First Gold Rush: the Shredded Community, Counties and No Ports
Module 2 1.2 Virginia: Pre-1642 Virginia Settlement: This module, the first in a four-module Part 1 of this chapter, details the first years of Virginia’s colonial
1. Intro; Concepts: Migration-Political Culture, ED Strategy, Virginia Colonial Policy System Overview: Why Virginia is Different
Starting with Virginia Virginia was the first “formal” English/British colony in North America. Chronologically it is the province that should be initially considered since the
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