Bacon's Rebellion

In 1676, Doeg Indians attacked white Settlers for trying to settle in their land. Nathaniel Bacon, an aristocrat, was extremely worried so he rounded up other landowners, and against the will of the governor, Sir William Berkley, he struck out against the Indians. Berkley declared Bacon and his men rebels thus starting Bacon’s rebellion. The rebellion would not have happened if there was not so much hate against the Indians, if the white Settlers were not forcing Indians to convert and assimilate, and finally if the government actually had control of its people.The geography of the land was barely a reason for the rebellion, ultimately it was the disatisfaction of the people and failure of the government.
Firstly, the Settlers have always throughout history hated the native Americans. A good example would be Christopher Columbus’s and Hernando Cortez’s treatment of the Indians. Columbus took back Indians as slaves to show that they found Asia so they could trade with them again. Trading with a people does not mean enslaving them and using them as labor later on. During the Pequot War white Settlers

Bacon already had a grudge against Berkley due to Berkley not allowing Bacon the right to get into the fur trade. Berkley failed to appease men of his council, Nathaniel Bacon, because he wanted to have the fur trade monopolized for himself. When Bacon went against the Indians, Berkley failed to stop him then and there which allowed Bacon to siege and eventually gain control of Jamestown. Eventually Bacon died and Sir William Berkley came back with the King’s men and gained authority again. The governor, Sir William Berkley, could have prevented Bacon from rebelling in the first place but failed to do so and he never stopped Bacon from taking the colony from him resulting in the failure of the government and the