Bacon's Rebelion

Around 1674 Bacon comes to Virginia to settle.

farmers demanded the Powhatan Indians are removed from their treaty-protected lands. The resentment of the Indians leads to a series of conflicts with the Doeg tribe. 14 friendly Susquehannock Indians who are loyal to the English are killed

Sir William Berkeley appoints the wealthy and influential Nathaniel Bacon as one of the several new members of the Virginia Council of State

Does Indians attack Thomas Mathews Plantation. Over some goods he got from them that he didn't pay for

Conflict between the colonists and Does Indians over alleged theft of some pigs

November the Susquehannock held out for 6 weeks when 5 chiefs came out to parley the colonist attacked and killed them.

bacon’s rebellion spring: colonists including Nathaniel bacon were furious at the prospect of a rise in taxes the low prices for tobacco and resented the special privileges given those close to the governor many colonists also believed that Berkeley was failing to defend the frontier against attacks be native Indians.

Bacon's rebellion in the Spring: Nathanial Bacon as the leader of Militiamen in the upper reached of the James River Valley goes against the governors instructions and prepares to attack friendly indians

Bacon's forces and control Jamestown for the next few months

Bacon publishes his declaration to the people of Virginia.