We get caught up in revolutionary fever in Williamsburg
Nearly two centuries after landing at Roanoke Island, English colonists are well established in the New WorldLife seems peaceful enough in homes such as Bassett Hall. (Built in 1749, it’s one of 88 original structures. John D. Rockefeller Jr. lived here while restoring Colonial Williamsburg.)But tensions escalate as the Royal Governor dissolves the House of Burgesses and makes off with the city’s gunpowder supplyLord Dunmore flees the Governor’s Palace, then compounds his oppression by proclaiming martial law, raiding plantations and burning the city of NorfolkSeeds of discontent emerge as rebellion…and eventually blossom into a new country
