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The causes of the Bacon Rebellion. The immediate cause of the rebellion was Governor William Berkeley’s recent refusal to retaliate of Native American on settlements.The governor of Virginia and his associates in the colony supplemented their earnings from tobacco growing by carrying on a trade with the Indians in the western parts of the colony.They provided goods in return for furs and deer skin.The most important group of the rebellion were the yeoman farmers,who played a important role in developing our country.They were the indentured servants who were taken advantage by the wealthy class.The overall reason of the rebellion was the cause of the division of wealth. The poor were held to low status. The taxes were to protect the wealth of the upper class.The poor wanted a system where they received protection from Indiana,where their farms were. The lack of protection,natives of the land attacked the farmers which asked the government put in place by England and was headed by Berkeley to do something about the issue.The farmers decided to protect fight back,this resulted in natives dieing.They were being cut short in the contracts of indentured servitude by receiving land.The governing party in Virginia was not granted to these right to help the people. The governor of Virginia and his associates in the colony supplemented their earnings from tobacco growing by carrying on a trade with the Indians in the western parts of the colony.Provided manufactured goods in return for deerskin,furs.Settlers in Piedmont saw the Indians as obstacles and enemies,As settlers move,they ask for land from the Indians. Governor Berkeley did not want to go to war with Indians.Nathaniel Bacon set himself up as a commander of a force of armed settlers that attacked Oconeechee tribe.Bacon forced the governor to flee across the Chesapeake to Virginia.The farmers in the Piedmont and the Tidewater continued to feud for more than almost a century. Sources http://baconrebellion.weebly.com/ http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h521.html http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/bacons-rebellion-summary-causes-significance.html#lesson |
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