WHAT HAPPENED?
This event happened in Virginia in 1676.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
He led Bacon's rebellion.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
This system had workers serve for a set number of years
What is indentured servitude?
One cause of Bacon’s Rebellion.
What is lack of land / unfair treatment / no protection?
These were laws passed in Virginia after the rebellion.
What are the Virginia Slave Codes?
Colonists were angry about this issue on the frontier.
What is lack of protection from the Native Americans?
He was the governor of Virginia.
Who is Governor William Berkeley?
This system forced people to work for life.
What is chattel slavery?
One effect of Bacon’s Rebellion.
What is the government becoming afraid of rebellion/changing laws?
These laws mainly controlled this group.
Who are enslaved Africans?
Bacon and his followers attacked this group of people.
Who were the Native Americans?
This group wanted land after finishing their contracts.
Who were the indentured servants?
Indentured servants were usually from this continent.
What is Europe?
Why the government feared poor workers uniting.
Slave codes made slavery this (temporary or permanent?).
What is permanent?
This town was burnt to the ground during the rebellion.
What is Jamestown?
This group owned large plantations and had power.
Who are the wealthy planters/elite?
Enslaved Africans were treated as this under the law.
What is property?
Why leaders wanted to divide people by race.
What is to prevent future rebellions?
One right poor white colonists gained.
What is the right to own land / vote / be treated better than enslaved people?
Bacon’s Rebellion showed a conflict between these two groups.
What is poor farmers and the wealthy elite?
Two groups that worked together during the rebellion.
After Bacon’s Rebellion, Virginia relied more on this system.
What is slavery?
How Bacon’s Rebellion led to slave codes.
What is laws were passed to control enslaved Africans and give poor whites more rights?
The main purpose of the Virginia Slave Codes.
What is to divide workers and keep the elite in power?