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BACON’S REBELLION

In 1675, Bacon's Rebellion erupted in colonial Virginia, driven by discontent among indentured servants and farmers over the harsh realities of tobacco farming, including falling prices, high taxes, and lack of available land. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, disenchanted farmers and servants launched attacks on Native American lands and wealthy plantations, culminating in the burning of Jamestown. Though Bacon's sudden death quelled the rebellion, it prompted the Virginia Assembly to lower taxes and drastically shifted labor practices, leading to the expansion of slavery in the colonies.

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BACON’S REBELLION

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  1. BACON’S REBELLION The American Colonies Virginia, 1675

  2. ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES

  3. Picture It… • You are an Indentured Servant in Colonial America • Tobacco has become the cash crop savior of the colony • Everyone is trying to make $$$ planting it • It is EVERYWHERE!!!

  4. BUT… • Tobacco is incredibly harsh on the land • The Colonial Economy & Labor Force has become one-dimensional • Education is lacking • Cities aren’t developing • Indentured Servants are frustrated • high taxes • no more land left for them

  5. What if something goes wrong???

  6. PRECURSORSTO BACON’S REBELLION • 1. One crop economy • 2. Indentured Servitude • 3. Soil Dying

  7. Something Does!!! • As the market is flooded with tobacco, the price of tobacco plummets • Farmers not making much money • Go into debt • Still have heavy taxes • As tobacco is harsh on the land, the soil needs time to replenish

  8. What To Do??? • Colonists thought if they could just get more land… • Could grow more tobacco • Sell more • Make more money!!! • But there is no more land…for colonists • Who has the rest???

  9. Native Americans • Treaties have been signed • Borders have been drawn • So What!!!!!!!!!! • Discontent boils over… • Farmers begin to invade Powhatan Lands to the West • Group of Susquehannocks are killed • Retaliation comes

  10. Cry for War!! • VA Governor William Berkeley refuses to authorize a war • Farmers are furious at Gov’t • In steps… • Nathaniel Bacon • Led poor farmers, indentured servants, even slaves on a rampage

  11. N. BACON

  12. CAUSES OF BACON’S REBELLION • 1. Tobacco Price Fall • 2. Lack of Available Land • 3. High Taxes • 4. No Gov’t Help

  13. Bacon’s Rebellion • Makes war on Native Tribes for their Lands • Begins looting wealthy white plantations as well • Jamestown is burned

  14. Bacon Organizing His Men

  15. Jamestown Burned

  16. EFFECTSOF BACON’S REBELLION • 1. Farmers Start War • 2. Invasion of Native American Lands • 3. Attack Wealthy Planters

  17. But Then… • Bacon dies suddenly • Rebellion fades out • HOUSE OF BURGESSES – VA Assembly votes to lower taxes and open up some land

  18. THE REALIZATION • Indentured Servant Labor isn’t Working!!! • They become free and want things • Like land, freedoms, rights, money • American Colonies Need a New Source of Labor • One that won’t give them these problems

  19. OUTCOMEOF BACON’S REBELLION • 1. Some Gov’t Help • Lower Taxes • 2. SLAVERY EXPANDS IN THE COLONIES!!! • Indentured Servitude will not work

  20. What was Bacon’s Rebellion? • Farmers expressing discontent, making war on Native Americans to get more land

  21. What is the SIGNIFICANCE of Bacon’s Rebellion? • The Significance of Bacon’s Rebellion is that African Slavery was expanded in the American Colonies • (Cause and Effect!!!) • (Changes over Time!!!)

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