Cardinal News 250

This month marks the 250th anniversary of when the House of Burgesses, in defiance of the royal governor, declared a “Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer.”

Colonial Virginians used hemp to make rope, sails and caulking. They also used it to pay taxes.

The noted Revolutionary War historian talks about how women, Native Americans and enslaved people were critical in the drive for independence.

Some white Virginians feared that the growth of the enslaved population would lead to a slave rebellion. Others wanted to halt the slave trade to increase the value of their enslaved workers.

Untangling the history of Virginia’s first newspaper and the homonymous publications that followed, each with a claim to fame in the annals of journalism.

He also talks about Clementina Rind, the first woman to publish a newspaper in Virginia.

To protest import taxes imposed by London, colonists have organized to produce their own goods.