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    FRQ Between 1676 and 1739 there were a lot of rebellions‚ uprisings‚ wars‚ and revolts in colonial America. Two specific rebellions are Bacon’s Rebellion‚ which occurred in 1676‚ and the Stono Rebellion‚ which occurred in 1739. These two rebellions were caused by pent up anger and tension between slaves and indentured servants and white people. Both Bacon’s Rebellion and the Stono Rebellion were the cause of Native American and Slave tensions. Bacon’s Rebellion started when the Susquehannock people

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    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

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    half-brother to Gilbert‚ renews patent and discovers Outer banks of North Carolina and settles Roanoke Island. He returns to England for supplies but is delayed by Spanish war. At his return in 1590‚ Roanoke was abandoned 3. Settling The Chesapeake a. Virginia Company is founded- 1606- by King James I (England) a.i. Two divisions: 1st colony of London and 2nd colony of Plymouth a.ii. Made to “spread Christianity” but also sought after gold and trade with Indians a.iii.

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    Bacon believed that Berkeley was treating these hostile people in a way that was not beneficial to the colony. Bacon did not live a long life but he obviously had an impact on the people of his time. Bacon had a significant impact on the history of Virginia. Nathaniel Bacon‚ Jr.‚ was born on 1647 in Friston Hall England‚ to Thomas and Elizabeth Bacon. Bacon’s family was of an aristocratic line. While Bacon’s family had long been aristocrats‚ they had also long been “rebellious”‚ and tended to take

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    American Life in the 17th Century‚ 1607-1692 1. William Berkeley - He was a British colonial governor of Virginia from 1642-52. He showed that he had favorites in his second term which led to the Bacon’s rebellion in 1676 ‚which he ruthlessly suppressed. He had poor frontier defense. 2. Nathaniel Bacon - was a colonist of the Virginia Colony‚ famous as the instigator of Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676‚ which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery. 3. Cotton Mather – was a socially and politically

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    Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony’s unconcerned policy as it related to the political challenges of its western frontier‚ along with other challenges including leaving Bacon out of his inner circle‚ refusing to allow Bacon to be a part of his trade with the Native Americans‚ and Doeg tribe Indian attacks‚ helped to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley‚ who had failed to address

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    once free‚ indentured servants still had to struggle to survive‚ and conflict arose between the freed servants and the increasingly powerful plantation owners. These tensions flared in Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676. Nathaniel Bacon‚ an impoverished nobleman‚ accused the royal governor of Virginia of failing to protect the less wealthy farmers from Native American raids. Bacon led a group of about 300 farmers and indiscriminately attacked the Native Americans. The royal governor branded him a rebel‚ and

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    Chapter 3 Review Sheet Pilgrims- is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place. Separatists- is the advocacy of a state of cultural‚ ethnic‚ tribal‚ religious‚ racial‚ governmental or gender separation from the larger group. Puritans- were a community of English Protestants active during the 16th and 17th centuries. Mayflower Compact- was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Squanto- was a Patuxet. He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first

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    history. From Virginia Laws to the Jim Crow laws‚ society has always manipulated black lives in the US. America has a long history of keeping black beneath whites‚ from Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676‚ Black codes‚ Voting‚ and the Jim Crow Laws that made sure that racial barriers stand by major Supreme Court cases such as Plessey v Ferguson; thus making it difficult to unite in today’s society. Society has always had a separation factor in it. For instance before Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676‚ the main separation

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    European domesticated animals. -Lack of unity among groups -Nutrition -Lack of exposure Diversity Native Population -No unity between various native tribes -Much harder to fend of English settlements -Tsenacommacah‚ Powhatan – natives during Virginia settlement -Pequot War – 1637 Tensions over land and English power Pequots banded with other tribes Coastal indians band together Attacked Puritan settlements (Puritans would burn Indian villages) Puritans say God is unhappy with them because

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