SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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the treatment of slaves by rich landowners.
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Oglethorpe’s treatment of Indians in Georgia.
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conflicts between Spanish and English colonists.
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the House of Burgesses’ policies that favored wealthy planters
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bacon’s Rebellion was triggered when a grab for Native American lands was denied. Bacon’s Rebellion was triggered when a grab for Native American lands was denied. Jamestown had once been the bustling capital of the Colony of Virginia. Now it was a smoldering ruin, and Nathaniel Bacon was on the run.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, planters turned to African slavery as a way to secure a labor force that could never gain freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bacon demanded a commission to fight the Indians; when none was forthcoming, he led “volunteers” against some of Virginia’s closest Indian allies. This led to a civil war pitting Bacon’s followers against Berkeley loyalists.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bacon’s Rebellion, popular revolt in colonial Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon. Caused by high taxes, low prices for tobacco, and resentment against special privileges given those close to the governor, Sir William Berkeley.