16/22 But some of them were governors whom the people of other colonies would not have. The only event of importance in the history of the colony during the next twenty-five years was the founding of William and Mary College (1691) at Williamsburg. It was the second oldest college in the English colonies. _Higginson_, 137-138; _Eggleston_, 81-89.] 77. King Philip's War, 1675-76 .-- It was not only in Virginia and Maryland that the Indians were restless at this time. |