Bacon's Rebellion

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Bacon's Rebellion was a 1676 armed uprising in colonial Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government, reflecting deep tensions over frontier policy, Native relations, and class divisions.

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Bacon's Rebellion canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed uprising ⓘ
colonial rebellion ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
event in colonial Virginia ⓘ
chronologicalPrecedence American Revolution ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endTime 1677 ⓘ
hasCause Governor William Berkeley's Indian policy ⓘ
class divisions in colonial Virginia ⓘ
conflict over Native American relations ⓘ
discontent among frontier settlers ⓘ
perceived government corruption ⓘ
tensions over frontier policy ⓘ
hasContext Anglo-Native American conflicts on the frontier ⓘ
economic depression in the 1670s ⓘ
expansion of English settlement into Native lands ⓘ
tobacco price decline ⓘ
hasEffect destruction of Jamestown ⓘ
greater control of the Crown over Virginia ⓘ
harsher racial laws in Virginia ⓘ
increased reliance on African slave labor ⓘ
reassessment of colonial defense policies ⓘ
weakening of indentured servitude ⓘ
hasEthnicDimension relations between English colonists and Native Americans ⓘ
hasFieldOfStudy colonial American studies ⓘ
early American history ⓘ
hasLeader Nathaniel Bacon ⓘ
hasLocation Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown
hasLongTermSignificance development of race-based slavery in Virginia ⓘ
shaping of colonial governance policies ⓘ
hasOpposingForce Virginia militia loyal to Governor Berkeley ⓘ
hasOutcome death of Nathaniel Bacon from disease ⓘ
execution of several rebels ⓘ
rebellion suppressed ⓘ
hasParticipant enslaved Africans ⓘ
frontier settlers ⓘ
indentured servants ⓘ
planters ⓘ
hasSocialDimension tensions between poor whites and colonial elite ⓘ
tensions between small farmers and large planters ⓘ
isDocumentedIn colonial records of Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Nathaniel Bacon ⓘ
opposedBy Governor William Berkeley ⓘ
colonial government of Virginia ⓘ
partOf history of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
significantEvent burning of Jamestown in 1676 ⓘ
startTime 1676 ⓘ

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Colonial America → majorConflict → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
Occaneechi people → notableEvent → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
Occaneechi people → conflictInvolved → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
Nathaniel Bacon → notableFor → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
Nathaniel Bacon → leaderOf → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
Nathaniel Bacon → conflict → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
William Berkeley → conflict → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor William Berkeley
Colonial Records of Virginia → subject → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
subject linked to: colonial records of Virginia
Colonial Records of Virginia → coversEvent → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
subject linked to: colonial records of Virginia
Occaneechi → notableEvent → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ