To end the rebellion, the government of Virginia, under the leadership of Governor William Berkeley, took decisive military action by dispatching colonial troops to confront the insurgents. They ultimately quashed the rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon, restoring order in the colony. Additionally, the government implemented reforms to address some of the grievances that had fueled the uprising, seeking to reduce tensions between the settlers and Native Americans.
The central government did not provide troops to quell the rebellion.
Bacon's rebellion
A Virginia settler, Nathaniel Bacon, was upset at the friendly relations between the Royal Governor and Native Americans, and lead a rebellion against the government.
They both led to changes in the colony's government.
It was a rebellion against the government by the Planters, who were led by Bacon. The Planters did not like that the Virginia government would not stand up against the Native Americans but instead offered friendly politics. In 1674 a group of yeoman farmers on the Virginia frontier demanded that American Indians living on treaty protected lands be driven out or killed. When the government refused, Bacon and his small army drove Governor Berkeley from Jamestown, VA and they torched the capital. This was the first rebellion in the American colonies.
Daniel Shay in Shay's Rebellion.
Nathaniel Bacon- known as Bacon's Rebellion.
The central government did not provide troops to quell the rebellion.
Nathaniel Bacon
One was the preference for the "Virginia Plan" seeking a strong central government. The Constitution of the US was finally ratified and Massachusetts under the new governorship of John Hancock and the reprive of the Rebels was finally able to achieve a more peaceful and stable form of government.
Bacon's Rebellion.
Bacon's rebellion
A Virginia settler, Nathaniel Bacon, was upset at the friendly relations between the Royal Governor and Native Americans, and lead a rebellion against the government.
They both led to changes in the colony's government.
Nat Turner led the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. It was also known as the Southampton Rebellion.
Bacon's rebellion occurred in 1676.
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