Bacons Rebellion
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In late 1675 and early 1776 the Doeg and Susquehannock Indians had a series of skirmishes with the colonist who were tobacco farmers in the Chesapeake region of Virginia. Nathaniel Bacon, a well-born Englishman wanted to lead an attack on the Native Americans, and punish them for their attacks on the colonist. Bacon petitioned the Governor of Virginia, William Berkeley, whom he was friends with, to authorize an attack on the Native Americans. Governor Berkeley refused, but
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by taking away their voting privilege, and this too enraged the colonist. This along with the economic depression they were enduring caused by the Navigational Acts had the colonist on edge. When they got the spark they needed, and that spark being the ordeal with the Native Americans, they revolted against their English rulers. Nathaniel Bacon and his rebels became and influence and model to revolutionaries over one hundred years later during the American Revolution.
by taking away their voting privilege, and this too enraged the colonist. This along with the economic depression they were enduring caused by the Navigational Acts had the colonist on edge. When they got the spark they needed, and that spark being the ordeal with the Native Americans, they revolted against their English rulers. Nathaniel Bacon and his rebels became and influence and model to revolutionaries over one hundred years later during the American Revolution.