See for the history of Virginia the following works:-- "History of Virginia, from the First Settlements in the year 1624," by Smith.
"History of Virginia," by William Stith.
"History of Virginia, from the Earliest Period," by Beverley.] [Footnote c: It was not till some time later that a certain number of rich English capitalists came to fix themselves in the colony.] [Footnote d: Slavery was introduced about the year 1620 by a Dutch vessel which landed twenty negroes on the banks of the river James.

See Chalmer.] In the North, the same English foundation was modified by the most opposite shades of character; and here I may be allowed to enter into some details.

The two or three main ideas which constitute the basis of the social theory of the United States were first combined in the Northern English colonies, more generally denominated the States of New England.

*e The principles of New England spread at first to the neighboring states; they then passed successively to the more distant ones; and at length they imbued the whole Confederation.

They now extend their influence beyond its limits over the whole American world.