USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon’s request to drive Native Americans out of Virginia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Bacon’s Rebellion (1676) was the first full-scale armed insurrection in Colonial America pitting the landowner Nathaniel Bacon (l. 1647-1676) and his supporters of black and white indentured servants and African slaves against his cousin-by-marriage Governor William Berkeley (l.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the governor’s Council and, in 1676, a leader of Bacon’s Rebellion (1676–1677), a dramatic uprising against the governor that ended with Bacon’s sudden death. Bacon was born and educated in England and moved to Virginia with his wife in 1674.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bacon’s Rebellion In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon led a group of disgruntled citizens from the western part of Virginia eastward in search of justice. They felt their interests were not represented by Virginia’s colonial legislature. They felt Governor Berkeley had done nothing to protect them from Indian raids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shortly after Bacon’s death, Berkeley regained complete control and hanged the major leaders of the rebellion. He also seized rebel property without the benefit of a trial. All in all, twenty-three persons were hanged for their part in the rebellion.