Among many factors that pushed the people of Virginia to rebel against the government and fight against the surrounding Indian tribes, one was the geographical conditions of the Piedmont and Tidewater regions. However, there were many other influences besides the geographical conditions that fueled the people’s actions. The English population was rapidly growing, they hated the Native Indians, and were under poor economic circumstances. Therefore, while the geographical conditions of the Piedmont and Tidewater regions helped to influence Bacon’s Rebellion, there were other factors that had a stronger impact on the start of the rebellion.
One of the first factors that influenced the Virginian people to rebel against their government was their …show more content…
“Even more at the root of the indiscriminate English attacks was the fact that the Virginia Indians had been reduced in number and power,” making them powerless to resist the westward expansion; because of this, the Virginian people began calling for the “annihilation of the remnants of the Chesapeake tribes,” because they believed that such weakness was an invitation to violence against the natives in order for the English to acquire more land. This sense of hatred toward the Native Americans and the Virginian’s willingness to take from them for their own gain fueled their desire to join the rebellion, as the governor was not allowing them to do what they thought was an inexpensive and beneficial solution to the Native American’s attacks against the colonies. As a result, the “frontiersmen turned on the Indians closest to them” and “began annihilating friendly Indians in the region” without discrimination, demonstrating their hatred for the race as they demolished several friendly tribes mercilessly. Because of this, the Virginian colonist’s hatred for Native Indians made them act ruthlessly when it came to rebelling against the government, and they aimed to slaughter every Indian they met on their
One of the first factors that influenced the Virginian people to rebel against their government was their …show more content…
“Even more at the root of the indiscriminate English attacks was the fact that the Virginia Indians had been reduced in number and power,” making them powerless to resist the westward expansion; because of this, the Virginian people began calling for the “annihilation of the remnants of the Chesapeake tribes,” because they believed that such weakness was an invitation to violence against the natives in order for the English to acquire more land. This sense of hatred toward the Native Americans and the Virginian’s willingness to take from them for their own gain fueled their desire to join the rebellion, as the governor was not allowing them to do what they thought was an inexpensive and beneficial solution to the Native American’s attacks against the colonies. As a result, the “frontiersmen turned on the Indians closest to them” and “began annihilating friendly Indians in the region” without discrimination, demonstrating their hatred for the race as they demolished several friendly tribes mercilessly. Because of this, the Virginian colonist’s hatred for Native Indians made them act ruthlessly when it came to rebelling against the government, and they aimed to slaughter every Indian they met on their