#3 lol

In 1676 a man named Nathanial Bacon and other low-class frontiersmen banned together and rebelled against their government. "For almost three months, Bacon's forces fought the Indians, sacked the Grandee's plantations, and attacked Jamestown." [pg 92 American Promise]As i learned more i began to wonder what it was exactly that had caused such an uprising.k Was it really all the governments fault? Or was that just an excuse used tot justify their actions? [will fix later]

Nathanial Bacon and his followers believed their government, led by William Berkeley, was "Cheating" them. Bacon accused the "Grandees" or elite planters, of operating the government for their private gain and urged the colonists to "see what spounges have suckt up the Publique Treasure." [Pg 91 The American Promise] The book also states on page 90 that "Colonists, like residents of European monarchies, accepted social hierarchy and inequality as long as they believed that government officials ruled for the general good. When rulers violated that precept, ordinary felt justified in rebelling." It had all started with a dispute over the Indian policy of Virginia. There was wilderness land outside of the English settlement reserved exclusively for Indians to maintain peace. As the colonists population grew the demand for land rose, forcing them outside of the settlements boundaries and onto the natives land. As all this was happening the upperclass men and government officials were secure....to be continued.