Declaration of Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon killed off a lot of Native Americans furthermore he demonstrated that poor whites and blacks could band together to put terror into the wealthy government. Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion was an extraordinary revolution against the Virginia government before the American Revolution. Many events furnished to the rising of the rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon list is a secondary source in this journal entry, he brings highlight to the misdeeds of the Virginia governor on July 30, 1676. This document has had some revision to the words, where murder was spelled as murther back in the 1600s. ii May 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a very small army of colonist into battle against the governor Sir, William Berkeley and the Indians. The rebellion was prompt by a variety of concerns and disagreements, and that led to being known as the Bacon’s Rebellion. The declaration of Nathaniel Bacon was spoken in the name of the people of Virginia, but was addressing to the accused Sir William
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Bacon was very concerned about the peoples grievances in his declaration Bacon says 2“Of this and the aforesaid Articles we accuse Sir William Berkeley as guilty of each and every one of the same, and as one who hath traitorously attempted, violated and Injured his Majesties interest here, by a loss of a great part of this his Colony and many of his faithful loyal subjects, by him betrayed and in a barbarous and shameful manner exposed to the Incursions and murder of the heathen.” Bacon and the colonist clearly weren’t happy with the treatments the governor was handing out to them. Some important texts Bacon made clear was 3“For having wronged his Majesty’s prerogative and interest by assuming monopoly of the beaver trade and for having in it unjust gain betrayed and sold his Majesty’s country and the lives of his loyal subjects to the barbarous
Bacon was very concerned about the peoples grievances in his declaration Bacon says 2“Of this and the aforesaid Articles we accuse Sir William Berkeley as guilty of each and every one of the same, and as one who hath traitorously attempted, violated and Injured his Majesties interest here, by a loss of a great part of this his Colony and many of his faithful loyal subjects, by him betrayed and in a barbarous and shameful manner exposed to the Incursions and murder of the heathen.” Bacon and the colonist clearly weren’t happy with the treatments the governor was handing out to them. Some important texts Bacon made clear was 3“For having wronged his Majesty’s prerogative and interest by assuming monopoly of the beaver trade and for having in it unjust gain betrayed and sold his Majesty’s country and the lives of his loyal subjects to the barbarous