Important People/Groups
Who was the leader of Bacon's Rebellion?
Nathaniel Bacon
When did the Rebellion start?
1676
Daily Double if mention July 1676
What crops price crashed out, leaving more people without an income?
Tobacco.
What happened after King Charles II heard about the revolt in Jamestown?
Sent over the royal navy
What was the cause of Nathaniel Bacon's Death?
Dysentery
Who was the governor of Jamestown at the time of the revolt?
Sir William Berkley
What was the event which caused the Governor to flee?
Jamestown Burning.
Why were Bacons followers so upset with the Governor
Raising taxes without providing protection for frontier communities.
What happened to Governor Berkeley after the revolt?
His title of Governor removed and he died.
What 3 groups of people made up the rebel group in Bacon's Rebellion?
Frontier Virginia Settlers, White and Black Indentured Servants and Slaves
Who was the king at the time of the revolt?
King Charles II
What is the event that angered Governor Berkeley at Bacon?
Bacon attacking allied and friendly Native American tribes
What was the Governor doing to help the richer people of Virgina
Corruption and lowering taxes for the richer people
What was the new impact of Bacon's Rebellion from a slave standpoint after the rebellion?
Less use of indentured servants and increased use of Africans being slaves
What was the reason Bacon said attacking the Native Americans was necessary?
To take land for frontier settlers.
Which Native American tribes were attacked by Bacon's forces?
Daily Double if put them in the correct order:)
Susquehannock, then the Occaneechi, then the Pamunkey
After the rebellion, which group of people were given more power, and what group of people was given less power?
Land owning planters received more power and African Slaves lost a great deal of power
Where did Governor Berkley flee too during the rebellion?