Virginia, education in, 5, 13; dialects in, 11; society in, 21; church government in, 37; pays ministers in tobacco, 37, 38; makes vestry liable for salary, 39; passes option laws to prevent clergy from profiting from high price of tobacco, 40, 41; injustice of action, 42; popularity of laws in, 43; popular reluctance to grant clergy legal redress, 44, 45, 48; the Parsons' Cause, 46-55; enthusiasm in, for eloquence, 60; popular affection for Henry begun by Parsons' Cause, 59, 60; repudiation of Stamp Act, 66-76; old leaders of, displaced by Henry, 66, 71, 88, 89; officials of, angered by Henry's resolutions, 86; popular enthusiasm for Henry, 88, 89; courts in, closed by Revolution, 92; conservative and radical parties in, 95; practical unanimity of opinion, 95, 96; its influence in Continental Congress, 113; officers of its militia prepared for war, 131; raises militia in various counties, 131, 133, 136; first overt act of war in, committed by Henry, 155; popular indignation at Dunmore's seizure of gunpowder, 157; its volunteer companies persuaded not to attack him, 157; expedition led by Henry forces Dunmore to make restitution, 158-160; outbreak of popular approval of Henry's action, 164-167; defense of, intrusted to Henry under Committee of Safety, 177; operations of Dunmore in, 178, 179; its troops defeat him, 179, 180; indignation among them at Henry's treatment by Committee of Safety, 181-184; celebrates with enthusiasm the resolution in favor of independence, 199; effect of its example, 200; aristocratic and democratic parties in, 200-202; Virginia troops congratulate Henry on election as governor, 214; high ideal held by Virginians of dignity of governor, 219, 300; danger of attacks upon State urged by Washington, 221; prepares for defense, 222, 223; efforts of Henry to recruit in, 237, 238; receives great demands for supplies, 241; popular opinion condemns R. H. Lee for hostility to Washington, 252, 253; decay of military spirit in, 253, 254; ravaged by Matthews and Collier, 257, 264-267; sends Clark's successful expedition into Northwest, 258-260; decline of patriotism in, 274; ravaged by Arnold and Phillips, 278; great antipathy in, to project of abandoning Mississippi navigation, 308; majority of people at outset favor Constitution, 315; effect of Henry's exertions in turning tide, 316, 317; supposed disunion feeling, 317; importance Of Virginia's action, 318; party divisions in State, 319, 320; party divisions and leaders in convention, 320; influence of Virginia's demands in forcing Congress to propose ten amendments, 355, 356; prepares to resist government at time of alien and sedition laws, 408; its leaders condemned by Henry, 409; its policy deplored by Washington, 413.