Interesting article, and thanks for posting. A side note - this is one of the reasons that Virginia became attractive to Cavalier emigrants - the losing side in the English Civil Wars (by tradition some of Montrose’s people to begin with, others later). It helps explain both Virginia’s aristocratic antecedents and the reason they felt less inclined than others toward loyalty to Parliament. In many American minds Parliament meant Pitt and Burke, but in their family histories Parliament meant Cromwell.
I wasn’t aware of that; very good.
Speaking of the English Civil Wars, we colonists were largely left on our own in that period. The little and way underpopulated colonies had to make do. They got used to self government and formed the first American Confederacy, the New England Confederacy to fight the French and Indians taking advantage of turmoil in England. That period would make an excellent FR post.