Bacon's Rebellion

colony as well, never came into fruition. The alleged mismanagement of funds by government officials caused widespread distain throughout the colony and laid the ground work for increased animosity of Sir Berkeley and his constituents on the eve of Bacon’s…

Bacon’s Revolt on Jamestown, Va. And the Virginia Governor Bacon's revolt which started in 1676 didn’t actually start with Bacon, but rather in a planter and merchant along the Potomac River in Virginia named Thomas Mathew in 1675. Mathew and a local Doeg Indian tribe had a trading dispute which triggered a chain of events that would cause havoc among the early colonialist. In an article written by James Douglas Rice for the Encyclopedia Virginia, Rice points out that the events along the…

Washburn formulated his thesis regarding Bacon’s Rebellion in The Governor and the Rebel: A History of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia, he did so as a direct response to and criticism of the widely accepted views held on the subject by most historians for the century prior. These views were epitomized in Torchbearer of the Revolution: The Story of Bacon’s Rebellion and Its Leader, written by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker, which lauded Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion as a precursor to the revolutionary…

The events and causes of Bacon’s rebellion goes far beyond 1676, carrying over into conflicts throughout the 17th century with similar underlying factors that helped shape history. Throughout the book Rice continues to demonstrate how the rebellion wasn’t really Bacon’s and the events of the rebellion carried on throughout history. Rice broadens the scope of Bacon’s Rebellion to show that events throughout the 17th century, such as the conflict between Catholics and Protestants, tension and…

persistently attempted to impede such advancement of democracy to no avail. While one may argue Bacon’s Rebellion is one of such milestones, the Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, and the Zenger case ultimately permitted such people as William…

it for ourselves. They had cultivated the land so it could produce food for us and we could sell the food and make money for ourselves. This means, I will be able to afford the taxes imposed by Governor Berkeley. In conclusion, Mr. Bacon’s plantation which was converted into housing for all the people fighting was a refuge for all servants who had mistreated by their masters. It was a fortress for poor people. Slaves, indentured servants and poor people who saw the benefit of…

Are Bacon’s actions justified and is it right? Many historians believe Bacon’s Rebellion was unjustified and wrong, but many other historians believe his actions are benevolent. Bacon’s attack on the Natives is correct because the government was neglecting the citizens, teaching Natives the use of firearms, and the Natives stealing major crops from the citizens. Bacon played a major part in history, especially in the year of 1676 when Bacon’s Rebellion started. The rebellion started out by the…

Bacon’s Rebellion: Dissecting the Inscriptions of the Oppressed “The poverty of the country is such that all the power and sway has got into the hands of the rich, who by extortious advantages, having the common in their debt, have always curbed and oppressed them in all manner ways." The events of the Late Rebellion in the Virginia Colony provides the substance to this quote, as it is told to be the infamous words of colonist Nathaniel Bacon. What transpired during this time is well-recorded…

Whenever a revolt occurs in American History, there are complex motives for these acts to trigger violence or open confrontations with the government. The Bacon’s Rebellion was one of the most famous uprisings in the 1670s and the outcome was the defeat of the rebels. Nathaniel Bacon, who was a Virginia settler, instigated the issue and wanted to oppress the Native Americans. William Berkeley, who was the Governor of the Virginia Colony, was very easy-going about the situation and wanted no…

Another turning point in the transition of indentured servitude to slavery was Bacon’s rebellion in 1976. Bacon’s Rebellion was a revolt of former indentured servants against larger plantation owners. In short, Bacon’s Rebellion was stirred up due to rich plants not willing to give up their land for indentured servants. Part of this is because Native Americans still held some land to their own. Nathaniel…