ThespiritofthetimewasreactionaryinVirginiaasitwasreactionaryinEngland。Harshservantandslavelawswerepassed。Aprisonwastobeerectedineachcounty;provisionwasmadeforpilloryandstocksandduckingstool;theQuakersweretobeproceededagainst;theBaptistswhorefusedtobringchildrentobaptismweretosuffer。Thenatlastin1670
camerestrictionofthefranchise：
\"ActIII。ELECTIONOFBURGESSESBYWHOM。WHEREAStheusuallwayofchuseingburgessesbythevotesofallpersonswhohavingservedtheirtymearefreemenofthiscountrywhohaveinglittleinterestinthecountrydoeoftenermaketumultsattheelectiontothedisturbanceofhisMajestie’speace，thanbytheirdiscretionsintheirvotesprovidefortheconservationthereof，bymakeingchoyceofpersonsfitlyqualifyedforthedischargeofsoegreateatrust，AndwhereasthelawesofEnglandgrantavoyceinsuchelectiononlytosuchasbytheirestatesrealorpersonallhaveinterestenoughtotyethemtotheendeavourofthepubliquegood;IT
ISHEREBYENACTED，thatnonebutfreeholdersandhousekeeperswhoonlyareanswerabletothepubliquefortheleviesshallhereafterhaveavoiceintheelectionofanyburgessesinthiscountry。\"
*Hening’s\"Statutes\"，vol。II，p。280。