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Bacon's Rebellion 1676
All social classes
All races
Rebellion against crown policy
First goal
Reprisal against Natives
Second goal
Context
Colonial Virginia
Remove Gov Berkeley
Agricultural Economy
Tobacco
Extracted nutrients from soil
Availability of quality diminishes
Rule by Crown
Named after Elizabeth I
John Smith names Jamestown
1624- King James revokes charter and House of Burgess
Crown policy toward Natives
Take advantage of, but don't upset
Sir William Berkeley
Gov of Virginia Colony
Not during Commonwealth period
Peaceful relations with Natives
Nathaniel Bacon (1647-1676)
Domestic manufacturing
Main Historical Significance
col. Virginia
England
Accused in high society of financial maleficence
1674- Father gave lump sum and exiled
First major uprising against royal government
1660- Restoration (Charles II)
- New life
- Economic opportunity
Free and slave
Cousin to Gov. Berkeley by marriage
High taxes
Appointed to Governors Council
1705- Virginia Slave Codes
Increased tension with Natives from settlers
Fundamental disagreements on policies
1676- Doeg Attack
Formalized legal slave trade
'Free' indentured servants
Separate court system
Doeg tribe
Blacks (free or slave) could not posses a firearm
1676- Attacked and killed encroaching settlers
Whites could not be employed by blacks
Tensions with Natives did not get better