There was a combination of events that led up to Bacon’s Rebellion. There were economic problems such as the tobacco prices were low and the taxes were too high. They had problems with bad weather due to hailstorms droughts as well as hurricanes, which cause issue for the farmers. Then you have the farmers that felt like the Governor Berkeley was not doing enough to protect them against the Indians who started attacking the colonists. The rebellion lead to an increase in settlers turning to African slaves as a source of labor because the rebellion raided the Natives and almost overturned the government. As a result, Africans slaves were brought over to replaces the indentured servants.
