Essay On Bacon's Rebellion

Bacon’s rebellion was a necessary battle in U.S. I say this because…. Nathaniel Bacon was very intelligent and ambitious man. He also got a good education at, Cambridge University. He came to Virginia in 1673, and joined the council. Bacon was a natural born leader. Bacon was also a good, and persuasive speaker. He’s been described as “Soldier,” and “Statesman Saint”. He also created “Bacon’s Laws” which pretty much gave colonists more freedom and choice in their lives but, after all he did for the people, he was branded as a rebel and a traitor, for defying Governor William Berkeley. Even though he didn’t get all the credit that was due, he is still an important figure. Some even say he started the first american revolution, for the way he defied the English rule. ADD MORE

Bacon’s Rebellion lasted from about 1675, to 1676, where there was a lot of tension between natives, and colonists. The leader of this rebellion was the man I mentioned earlier, Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon had already moved to Virginia. By this time he had already bought a big amount of land, and joined the council. In the council there was a very affluent man named, William Berkeley. The

conflict between the two started when Bacon discovered the Green Spring Group. The Green Spring Group was, sort of like a private group in the council, they had support from a patron. Berkeley was also a member of this group. Another cause, was the denial to let Bacon join the fur trade by Berkeley.
The violence, rebellion started when Doeg Indians attacked colonist.

The reason why they struck out , and attacked, was because there land was taken from them. The natives, and the colonists went back and forth, until Bacon and a few others decided to stop this, and attack the natives. His intention was to attack the malicious natives, but what he did was attack passive, friendly ones. What led to Bacon’s defiance, was Berkeley. Berkeley didn’t do much of anything to help or stop this, because he didn’t believe it was a threat. As a result, Bacon and others figured they would be better off doing it themselves, they believed that, “it’s better to ask forgiveness than to ask for permission”. These actions had their consequences, Bacon was kicked off the council, and publicly branded a

rebel.
The rebellion didn’t stop there. Bacon turned his attention to the government, and brought his men to Jamestown twice. On the first visit, Berkeley made him a general against the natives, to stop him from staging a coup and putting lives at risk, but not before Bacon was arrested and begged for a pardon. Immediately following this rebuked this to get men loyal to him. From there, Bacon came back, burned the vast majority of the city, and forced Berkley into exile. Once Bacon had Jamestown, his whole plan went down hill.