Discuss The Consequences Of Bacon's Rebellion Essay
Jessica Garcia
Michael Desrochers
HIS 101-07
February 10, 2015
Discuss the consequences of Bacon’s Rebellion In 1676 in Virginia, governor William Berkeley was under a lot of pressure, the colonist believed that Berkeley was protecting the Natives. Berkeley feared the poor colonist would go against him; he increased taxes, revoked their right to vote which made it impossible for anyone to be included into Berkeley’s inner circle. This was only the beginning of what is soon to be a disaster. In 1674, when Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy colonist, had the connections to get into the inner circle, however rivals did not let Bacon into the inner circle, due the corruption of Berkeley. Bacon becomes impatient. As tensions grew between the poor colonist, …show more content…
The new assembly heard rumors about Bacon taking the colonist and gaining independence from the help of the Dutch or the French, which lead Berkeley let the colonist capture Natives as slaves. The assembly also agrees to limit corruption in the government, by having a one-year limit to be in office. More and more poor colonist joined Bacon, that the servants and slaves left their masters and joined the rebellion. The army took over Berkeley’s Green Spring Plantation in August, which then a month later the army burned down Jamestown. However, reinforcements from England came along for Berkeley and killed Bacon. The rebellion was crumpled. The England troopers began to protect the lands of Berkeley, that the colonist who were sided with Bacon, soon went back to follow back into the leadership of Berkeley. Even though the rebellion was not a success, there was a huge impact afterwards. Many of them were the consequences of what happen during Bacon’s rebellion in 1676. First it was a disaster for frontier natives, because of Bacon’s violent campaigns the Indians were killed. Many were enslaved and promoted bitter hatred towards the Natives. Which was the only benefit that was received of the rebellion, since they wanted more land, but had to remove the
Michael Desrochers
HIS 101-07
February 10, 2015
Discuss the consequences of Bacon’s Rebellion In 1676 in Virginia, governor William Berkeley was under a lot of pressure, the colonist believed that Berkeley was protecting the Natives. Berkeley feared the poor colonist would go against him; he increased taxes, revoked their right to vote which made it impossible for anyone to be included into Berkeley’s inner circle. This was only the beginning of what is soon to be a disaster. In 1674, when Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy colonist, had the connections to get into the inner circle, however rivals did not let Bacon into the inner circle, due the corruption of Berkeley. Bacon becomes impatient. As tensions grew between the poor colonist, …show more content…
The new assembly heard rumors about Bacon taking the colonist and gaining independence from the help of the Dutch or the French, which lead Berkeley let the colonist capture Natives as slaves. The assembly also agrees to limit corruption in the government, by having a one-year limit to be in office. More and more poor colonist joined Bacon, that the servants and slaves left their masters and joined the rebellion. The army took over Berkeley’s Green Spring Plantation in August, which then a month later the army burned down Jamestown. However, reinforcements from England came along for Berkeley and killed Bacon. The rebellion was crumpled. The England troopers began to protect the lands of Berkeley, that the colonist who were sided with Bacon, soon went back to follow back into the leadership of Berkeley. Even though the rebellion was not a success, there was a huge impact afterwards. Many of them were the consequences of what happen during Bacon’s rebellion in 1676. First it was a disaster for frontier natives, because of Bacon’s violent campaigns the Indians were killed. Many were enslaved and promoted bitter hatred towards the Natives. Which was the only benefit that was received of the rebellion, since they wanted more land, but had to remove the