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).
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Herbert Jeffreys was an English army officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Virginia in the immediate aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion. American h
c. 1677 portrait
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