...Lauryn Waddle Selected research topic: Bacon’s Rebellion. Research question: How did the ruthless attacks, known as Bacon’s Rebellion, originate? Thesis statement: During this era, English settlers could not seem to get along; Bacon’s Rebellion is one example of the many squabbles between the races, the poor, and the wealthy. The poorest Virginians were at an extreme disadvantage in 1676. They were struggling to survive while the “English gentlemen” had the finest of living. The land the poor had was far inland and pushing into the Indian territory. They found it unfair that they had to live the way that they did, competing for land while the wealthy did not have to do the same. Nathaniel Bacon was among the many who were not happy with the...
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...One of the most complicated rebellions of the 13 colonies was the Bacon Rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon and William Berkeley both fought over what to do with the indians. They both fought going back and forth, sometimes one person had the upper hand sometimes the other. In the end William won, but not after calling for help from Britain. The result of the rebellion was a decrease in Native American power and influence, as well as confirming one of the upper classes largest fear. The two most prominent figures in Bacon's Rebellion were the governor, William Berkeley, and the governor's cousin by marriage, Nathaniel Bacon. These two englishmen both had two different idea’s in their heads. For Berkeley it was that only enemy Native Americans should...
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...Bacon’s Rebellion [Instructor’s name] [Class Title] [Date] Bacon’s Rebellion Introduction The historical event discussed in this paper is Bacon’s rebellion. Bacon’s rebellion was an uprising in colonial Virginia in North America that took place in 1676. The rebellion was considered first in history. It was among the first uprising against British authority by the colony and it was the first event that Blacks and Whites, rich and poor, grouped together under one cause. The rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon, an Englishman who had recently settled in the Virginia Colony[1]. Background Nathaniel Bacon He had extreme animosity towards Indians-hostile and friendly alike- and developed a worldview that all Indians must be wiped out in Virginia. Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy 29 year old painter. He was a council at the governor’s office. He rose up as a leader of a group of freeholders (men who own lands and all immovable structures attached to the lands), who wanted to drive-out all the Indians in Virginia[2]. In 1674, these freeholders demanded that Indians should leave treaty protected lands or be killed. This group targeted all Indians, whether friendly or not, thus they are actually starting all out war against Indians. Hostility between Indians and the Free Holders broke out when Doeg Indians raided the farm of one of the Free Holders and stole a number of pigs. The raid was said to be a retaliatory attack by the Indians...
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...“BACON’S REBELLION” Question/Prompt: Describe Bacons Rebellion. Be sure to include the causes, outcomes, and overall significance of the Rebellion within your response. Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed conflict in 1675 that occurred primarily because of land and labor disagreements with the Native Americans. The ideology behind the movement was due in one part to settlers requiring more land to either expand on an already large and growing tobacco trade and due to another part because of freed indentured servants. The initial spark of the powder keg was in 1670 when the long standing governor William Berkley enacted legislation heavily favoring large planters, but still required upstart planters and newly indentured servants to pay taxes equivalent to those of the large planters. In 1675, Berkley denied requests to send armed militia against nearby Native Americans in order to expand lands for the tobacco trade, leading to the initial armed action of Bacon’s Rebellion....
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...Many historians argue that Bacon's Rebellion lead to the American Revolution. It was after all one of the largest revolts in history. Bacon's Rebellion was a war between the English and the Natives, and a revolt between the colonist of Jamestown and their government. But it was also a war between two powerful leaders with different beliefs of how to run the colony. There are many ways that Bacon's Rebellion transformed America: people demanded more rights that were directed to the poor, brought up bear arms, and the soon to become the end of indentured servants which lead to the expansion of African slavery instead. Thus which slavery is born. In 1676 Bacon lead a revolt against his cousin Sir William Berkeley, who was a governor at the time...
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...Kimberly Bailo History Review Essay 1 Bacon's Rebellion Early in 1607, the English relocated to North America for promises of new beginnings, wealth, and religious freedom. The Virginia Company had funded the operation under a charter from King James 1 hoping for promising returns on their investment. The new colonists bright and hopeful settled in Jamestown, Virginia only to find nightmares instead of dreams. The conditions for the new colonists exploited a rising tension that would soon escalate into a famous revolt called Bacon's Rebellion. Jamestown was to be the new Promised Land for the English settlers. It was surrounded by water, which would provide protection and allow for mass trading due to the opportunity to install several ports. As such, the Virginia Company believed the expedition would be profitable and King James 1 saw an opportunity to convert the savages to Christian religion, which would make settling much easier since the heathens would be no more. Many of the settlers were not accustom to getting their hands dirty and came only to find gold and wealth quickly and easily. The tobacco industry became Jamestown's wealth, which required many hard working laborers. They were called indentured servants and promised land after seven years of hard work. In addition, many of the new colonists succumbed to malaria, dysentery, and unbearable working conditions. The women were subjected to sexual abuse along with harsh emotional and...
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...Bacon’s Rebellion was the result of social tensions in the Chesapeake Bay Colony. Tobacco was an important industry in Virginia. 1.5 million pounds of tobacco were exported to Britain in the 1630’s. By the 1700’s, 40 million pounds were exported. Ambitious settlers didn’t have enough land for the crop; they even planted it in the streets and in between graves. There weren’t enough settlers in Virginia to tend to tobacco. Families grew too slow, and Indians died on contact with whites. The Chesapeake Bay Colony imported its workforce from Britain. Landlords limited croplands for sheep grazing and left farmers dispatched and homeless. Many drifted to port cities and boarded ships to America in hopes of a new and successful life, however, they...
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...In 1676 an uprising known as Bacon's Rebellion occurred in Virginia. The leader of this rebellion was Nathaniel Bacon, a colonial leader who was born in England. He was sent to Virginia by his father in hopes for him to mature and lead a better life. The opposed during this uprising was Governor Sir William Berkeley and the local Indians. They were living around the Virginia area. Governor Berkeley was a veteran of the English Civil Wars, along with being a frontier Indian fighter, a playwright and scholar. There are multiple explanations as to what caused the rebellion to take place. Tobacco prices were sinking very low in the colony. The struggle for political reform against the oppressive rule of the governor, and the disagreement over Indian policies in regard to how they were handled. The rebellion all started when Governor Berkeley did not grant permission to Nathaniel Bacon to create a party to carry out attacks against all Indians living near the colony. Even though he did not have consent from Governor Berkeley, Bacon rounded up hundreds of men and started attacking the Indians. After some success, Bacon became a popular figure and more people...
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...Virginia Company. He hoped to gain profit and to weaken the powerful France and Spain. In May, 1607, the Virginia Company settled the first perpetual colony in Virginia. The men and boys settled near a river about 40 miles from the sea. They named the river James and the colony Jamestown. The settlers received much help from the native people in the area. The local Algonquian-speaking Indians were agriculture focused, mainly on the growth of corn. The chief Powhatan created a trade network with the English colonists, without realizing that the English planned to overpower the people and gain the land inhabited by the Indians. The Virginia Company hired Captain John Smith to help with the colony in America. When he arrived, more than half of the original settlers had died. Therefore, Captain Smith forced all of the men to work for his share of food. Two years after the first English people made it to Virginia, England sent of more colonists, mostly men and some women. The company gained more colonists by guaranteeing a free share of land with seven years of labor. So many people took advantage of this opportunity it overwhelmed the colony and caused a period of starvation during the winter of 1609-1610. As Jamestown struggled to survive, the inhabitants found new revenue within the tobacco crop. As the demand for tobacco increased, a Chesapeake colonist, John Rolfe, began to grow the crop and began transport it to Britain. Virginia’s tobacco amount increased to new heights, and it led...
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...(named after Louis XIV) for France 3. English Reasons for exploration o Mercantilism – more land and raw resources for land-starved English, along with the creation of new markets for goods Lost colony of Roanoke (story) o (2nd voyage to Roanoke 1st hitched a ride back with Sir Francis Drake) Sailed to Roanoke and ran out of supplies. John White then sailed back to England for supplies, but was delayed 3 years because of English-Spanish War. When he finally sailed back Roanoke had disappeared with only the word “CROATOAN” left behind. John white/Virginia Dare o John White was governor of Roanoke and artist of Native Americans. Virginia Dare was his daughter and the first European born in the New World. 1st settlement- Jamestown Early problems o people...
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...To understand the significance of Bacon's rebellion in 1675-1676 and the origin of racism in America you have to backtrack to 1660 when the economy of Virginia was declining. However, thousands of indentured servants continued to give to the colony believing it would better their condition in a "Growing Country. Instead, it was only going from bad to worse. In 1670, the Governor William Berkeley and the House of Burgesses coerced all landless freemen in a belief that they were the source of trouble which only increased the anger of the freemen. Four years later Nathaniel Bacon originally an English aristocrat came to the colony. Berkeley denied Bacon a license to engage in the fur trade, which was only open to the governor and his friends, Bacon was furious. In 1675 when Indians attacked the settlers for some of...
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...Explosion of African slaves had happened between 1680 and 1700 because of what the aristocrats realized after Bacon’s rebellion. Bacon’s rebellion was in response to poor white men who did not have land or work after their indentured servitude was up. The rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon, who led a biracial group of poor whites and African. During these times, many field workers were indentured servants, these were people who were poor Europeans that signed contracts that allowed them to come to the New World, the contract stipulated that they must serve anywhere from three to seven years of hard labor on farm land generally tobacco farms. They were promised land once they had completed their time, however most indentured servants did not live to see their end of their contracted...
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...was a big part of American history. It started during the First Settlement in Jamestown in 1619 and it didn’t end until after the Civil War. These slaves did help development America even though it wasn’t right and without theses slaves, America wouldn’t be the same as it is. The first known use of slaves was during the Jamestown Settlement. In 1619, a ship called the White Lion carried 20 Africans slaves to Jamestown. These slaves were needed to help the settlers to farm their tobacco, a new crop they discovered in Jamestown. The farming of tobacco was an extremely rough job, so more slaves were needed. Thus, creating a demand for slaves and that’s how slavery began to take off as a profitable industry. Bacon’s Rebellion was a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon and slaves to overthrow the rich white plantation owners. But Bacon and his rebels didn’t win and all of them died in either the battles or was hung to death. Africans were known as the lowest class in the social group and they didn’t get a...
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...The Bacon's Rebellion was one of the largest popular Rebellion that uprising prior to the American revolution. This large Rebellion had began as a dispute among the English settlers in Virginia Over the Americans Indian policy. The civil war had erupted pitting Anti- American Indian westerns settlers( this include that there were many slaves and servants in the anti-American civil war. Governor William Berkeley and his allies where encouraged more and more policy toward the indigenous people. In 1876 the rebellion had took the name of the Nathaniel Bacon, that who had arrived as the young men in Virginia into the Elite. Most of all the consequence of wars in the Rebellion were profound than the idea and the sing leadership man. When Bacon had migrated to Virginia to search the personal gain that he entered a precarious world where the American Indians had freed and enslaved blacks, and the English colonist (including many contract with the servants) struggle to the coexist. By the late 1670 only four thousands of the American Indians, had divided twenty different tribes, that continued to live in close to the European settlers. Many of the Europeans settlers accepted the dependent status of the English crown. Governor Berkeley had treated equitably and distinguish between American Indians allies and foes. Regardless about the colonists those people that where located on the western frontier, were deeply evil to all the American Indians. All the details to the rebellion...
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...Many of the ongoings in Britain had affected the colonies’ rights and well-being. Likewise, the English Monarch, having it’s shadow of dictation over the American colonies, was also affected by any significant uprisings that would happen within the colonies. For instance, back in America where rebellions such as that of Nathaniel Bacon became influential towards Britain in that it created social, political, and economic disruptions between them. Bacon, aside from being tasty, was also a big wake-up slap in many of the colonist’s faces as well as the British’s. He showed the colonists that Sir William Berkley, who was the governor of Virginia at the time, was a puppet of the King and took no actions whatsoever to defend the people...
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