[2] In 1624, Harvey reported to the royal commissioner that the colony had recovered faster than expected from the Indian massacre of 1622.

[2] Harvey appointed several inexperienced politicians, including Samuel Matthews and William Claiborne to the Virginia Governor's Council.

In 1635 Harvey was suspended and impeached by the Council of Virginia (who named John West as a temporary replacement), and he returned to England.

He claimed a conspiracy to change the charter of the colony by John Wolstenholme was the reason for the failures of his administration.

The captain, officers, and sailors of the ship that transported the governor to Virginia in 1635 sued in admiralty court for their pay.