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
Portrait of Berkeley
Portrait of Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley Ludwell by an unknown artist, c. 1660
"A fair mark -- shoot", a depiction of a 1676 altercation between Berkeley (right) and Bacon (left)
Carolina Seal
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
William Berkeley (governor)
…the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, as governor of Virginia he implemented policies that bred dissent among the colonists and sparked Bacon's Rebellion. A favourite of King Charles I, the king first granted him the governorship in 1642. Berkeley was unseated following the execution of Charles I, but…
The Burning of Jamestown by Howard Pyle
A 19th-century engraving depicting the burning of Jamestown
Ruins of Jamestown (1878 engraving).