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: -Nathaniel Bacon Sr., and placed them upon the ramparts of his siege fortifications while he dug his position. Infuriated, Bacon burned Jamestown to the ground on September 19, 1676.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bacon’s Rebellion, fought from 1676 to 1677, began with a local dispute with the Doeg Indians on the Potomac River. Chased north by Virginia militiamen, who also attacked the otherwise uninvolved Susquehannocks, the Indians began raiding the Virginia frontier.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The two main antagonists during the rebellion, Virginia Colonial Governor William Berkeley and landowner Nathaniel Bacon who was related by marriage, were both purchasers of former Powhatan land near Jamestown.