Bacon's Rebellion
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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion 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'
The Burning of Jamestown by Howard Pyle
Governor Berkeley baring his chest for Bacon to shoot after refusing him a commission (1895 engraving)
A 19th-century engraving depicting the burning of Jamestown
Ruins of Jamestown (1878 engraving).
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
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The Anglo–Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between settlers of the Colony of Virginia and the Powhatan People of Tsenacommacah in the early 17th century. The first war started in 1609 and ended in
Matthaeus Merian's 1628 woodcut depicting the massacre of Jamestown and outlying Virginia settlements by the Powhatan Indians on March 22, 1622; based on Theodore de Bry's earlier depictions but with a large degree of conjecture