2. Bacon’s Rebellion, The Pequot War, and King Philip’s War all began with Native American conflict. However, as the wars and rebellions continued, the root problem of Native American dispute was pushed aside for other issues such as social class tension. The significance of Bacon’s Rebellion is that it led to the growth of African slavery because the colonists realized that after doing their time as indentured servants, the newly freed white men would want land while the slaves would never be free, never need land and would work for the slave-owners for a lifetime rather than just 4-5 years. The Pequot War is important because it led to the demise of Indian resistance in the New England area, until King Philip’s War, and those that survived
