12. The "Navigation Act" was intended to destroy their commerce and manufactures, and the "Fundamental Constitutions," if submitted to, would have put an end to their home rule. They waged a long opposition to these two things, and a century went by before, in the blood of the Revolution, American commerce became free. They were denounced as unruly subjects, but they were, in all truth, wise and resolute patriots. They were protecting not only themselves, but the generations of the future.
QUESTIONS.
1. Who succeeded Governor Drummond as Governor of Albemarle? What kind of a man was Governor Stephens?
2. In what did the government consist at that time?
3. What is said of the Grand Assembly? Where did the General Assembly usually meet?
4. Mention some of the earliest laws.
5. What law was enacted concerning marriage?
6. How was Albemarle divided? How far had the settlement extended?
7. What trouble came to Governor Stephens?
8. What kind of trade was carried on between Carolina and New England?