Warm-up
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In your notebook, respond to the following
in 3 to 5 sentences:
Thomas Jefferson once said: “Every
generation needs a new revolution.” If
you had to start a revolution, what would
you try to change? What changes need to
be made in society?
NC REBELLIONS
Not everyone was content with the
Colonial Gov’ts
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There were early moves to strengthen the colonial
gov’ts in the hopes of benefiting England
Some colonials were more interested in their own
fortunes than in serving king and country
The following are examples of local conflicts during
the period of colonization
These examples might help us see what early
problems influenced much later problems (see
Revolution!)
Rebellions/Conflict
Bacon’s Rebellion (not in NC)
Culpepper Rebellion
 Cary Rebellion
Tuscarora War
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Colonial Government and Rebellion
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Few could vote
Only men
White, 21 years old
Property owners (50 acres or more)
(think 37 football fields of space or
half the Magic Kingdom!)
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
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Created by the 8 Lord Proprietors
 1669
– established colonial government
 “Grand Model” – each settler would obey a strict social
order (intended to be like Feudalism)
 Yeomen – small farmer (bottom of chain) paid
taxes/obeyed the landgraves (large land owners)
 Palatine – governor of the colony, chosen from the
Proprietors
1. Bacon’s Rebellion
1676 in the Virginia
Colony
 Nathaniel Bacon –
Planter from England
 Angry with Governor
Berkeley
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Bacon’s Rebellion
1676: Greed in Virginia for rich
farmlands pushes settlers into
conflict with natives
 Settlers desire to move onto treatyprotected lands
 29 year-old Nathaniel Bacon
petitions gov’t to approve war with
natives
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Unhappy about low
tobacco prices, limits on
voting rights, rule by an
aristocratic minority,
and lack of protection
from the Native
Americans
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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Governor refuses, Bacon attacks
anyway
Eventually, Bacon sees the Gov’t as a
obstacle
Bacon wages war on the gov’t and
burns down the capital (Jamestown)
Bacon dies of dysentery, rebellion
eventually fades out
Largely unsuccessful, but Berkeley
(governor) did step down
2. Culpeper’s Rebellion
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1677 – rebellion against the
Navigation Acts
Monopolized
colonial trade for England
(only English merchants and ships to
England)
Tariffs/Export Taxes placed on colonial
products
Tobacco was usually shipped to Boston
and other goods to the West Indies
Resistance and Conflict
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George Durant…WHO?
George Durant
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Wanted chance to grow more tobacco with less effort
and expense
Durant’s home became the center of Albemarle for
business, social gatherings, and courthouse
Thomas Miller and Thomas Eastchurch
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Supported Proprietors
 Went
to England to explain situation (“deplorable
behavior”)
 Eastchurch appointed governor of Carolina; Miller, tax
collector
 1677 – Miller sailed to Albemarle, attempted to
arrest Durant – Durant’s supporters rescued him led by
Gen. John Culpeper, captured Miller
 “Culpeper’s Rebellion”
Aftermath
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Miller escaped; returned to England to meet with
the proprietors
Proprietors blamed Miller, refused to punish rebels
Colonists would govern themselves through a new
Assembly created in Albemarle
3. Cary’s Rebellion
The Vestry Act and Test Act
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Designed
to ensure Anglican rule
Vestry Act – new tax used to build
Anglican Churches
Test Act – elected officials must
swear on bible to uphold Anglican
faith
Quakers, Lutherans, and Catholics
All offended and
angered
 Quakers protest by
petitioning Lord
Proprietors
 Thomas Cary (Governor)
is fired, Edward Hyde
replaced him
 Attempts to enforce acts
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Cary’s Rebellion
Cary supported Quakers and
religious dissenters
 Hoped to get his job back
 Elections held (1708), Cary wins!
 1708-1711 – Cary allows
Quakers to hold office without
swearing
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Thomas Cary
English Response
Cary replaced with Hyde
 Cary sailed on Pamlico, fired on
Hyde’s home
 Caused major disruption in
Carolina, represented a
diminished role for Quakers in
state politics
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4. Tuscarora
Native American territory to west
 Used as slaves by colonists
 Population decline from 120,000
to 16,000 in a century
 New technology = guns, glass
beads, clothing, alcohol, etc..
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Buildup to War
1711 – New Bern settled in Tuscarora
territory
 John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenreid
and an African slave leave on
expedition into Tuscarora territory
 Captured, Lawson killed – others were
released later
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The Tuscarora War
Tuscarora decide to try to push
Europeans out of Carolina
 Grievances:
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Kidnapping
and enslaving their people
Alcohol
Cheated
during trade
Poor treatment by Europeans
The Tuscarora War
Native Americans attack Bath
County
 Plan to destroy all plantation
 Hundreds killed (even children)
 Women and children taken as
slaves
 Dead left for dogs and vultures
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Results
NC calls for aid from South Carolina
and Virginia
 1713 – South Carolina responds with
Catawba and Yamassee Indians
 Tuscarora defeated at Ft. Neoheroka
 1000 were killed/enslaved, forced out
of NC to NY
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Journal – wrap-up
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Answer the following question in your
journal in 3-5 sentences:
What is something that the U.S.
government could do that would make
you want to revolt or leave the country?
Explain your answer.