Governor William Berkeley

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Governor William Berkeley was the colonial governor of Virginia best known for his autocratic rule, promotion of the tobacco economy, and central role as the establishment leader opposed during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governor
human
appointedBy King Charles I of England
King Charles II of England
birthPlace Somerset, England
linked to: Somerset
birthYear 1605
burialPlace Twickenham, England
linked to: Twickenham
causeOfRemovalFromOffice political pressure after Bacon's Rebellion
colonyGoverned Colony of Virginia
conflict Bacon's Rebellion
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathPlace England
deathYear 1677
economicActivity land speculation
tobacco planting
education St Edmund Hall, Oxford
era Colonial America
familyName Berkeley
genre drama
givenName William
implementedPolicy limitation of elections in Virginia
restriction of the franchise to landowners
support for tobacco monoculture
trade policies favoring English merchants
knownFor autocratic rule in colonial Virginia
promotion of the tobacco economy in Virginia
role in Bacon's Rebellion
militaryConflict Anglo-Powhatan Wars
linked to: Powhatan Wars
name William Berkeley
occupation colonial administrator
planter
writer
officeEnd 1652
1677
officeStart 1641
1660
opposedBy Nathaniel Bacon
owned Green Spring Plantation
policyTowardsNativeAmericans advocated defensive frontier forts
favored regulated trade with Native Americans
politicalAlignment Royalist
positionHeld Governor of Virginia
residence Green Spring Plantation
supported established colonial elite in Virginia
large planters in Virginia
supportedMonarch Charles I of England
Charles II of England
wrote The Lost Lady

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Bacon's Rebellion opposedBy Governor William Berkeley
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sibling Sir William Berkeley
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Lords Proprietors hasMember Sir William Berkeley
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Nathaniel Bacon opposedTo Governor William Berkeley
William Berkeley name William Berkeley
subject linked to: Governor William Berkeley
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia subjectTo Royal Governor of Virginia
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Berkeley family hasMember Sir William Berkeley (governor of Virginia)
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Green Spring Plantation site associatedWith Sir William Berkeley
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Green Spring Plantation site governorResidenceOf Sir William Berkeley
linked to: Governor William Berkeley