Bacon's Rebellion
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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers and their indentured servants and slaves, that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor Willi
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).
William Berkeley (governor)
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Sir William Berkeley was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1660 to 1677. One of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, as governor of Virginia h
Bacon's Rebellion
…Virginia settlers and their indentured servants and slaves, that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive American Indians out of Virginia. Thousands of Virginians from all classes (including those in indentured…
Portrait of Berkeley
Portrait of Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley Ludwell by an unknown artist, c. 1660
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