Claybourne had no sooner gained that for which he had battled, than his power began to crumble beneath his feet, and he was even ejected from the Virginia council.
The restoration of 1660 produced a most wonderful effect on Virginia.
All was changed in the twinkling of an eye, so to speak.

The cavaliers, who had been sulking for years under the mild rule of the commonwealth, threw up their hats and cheered from Flower de Hundred to the capes on the ocean, as only a victorious political party can cheer.
The sentiment of the Virginians in favor of royalty was strong and abiding; with the restoration of monarchy they had achieved the main point.

The representatives in the colony of the psalm-singing fanatics of England would have to go now.

Silk and lace and curling wigs would be once more in fashion, the hated close-cropped wretches in black coats and round hats would fade into the background, and the good old cavaliers, like the king, would have their own once more.
The king's men became prominent, and their plantations resounded with revelry.

It was thought that Charles II.