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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Green Spring estate → hasNotableResident → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Green Spring estate → ownedBy → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
The Lost Lady → author → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
The Lost Lady → writer → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Green Spring Plantation → hasOwner → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Green Spring Plantation → hasGovernorResident → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Green Spring Plantation → associatedWithPerson → Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
linked to: Governor William Berkeley