Aim #9: What were the short and long term effects
of Bacon’s Rebellion?
No Way! A
portrait of Kevin
Bacon made of
bacon??? Why
would anyone
rebel?
A BACON SUIT???
AWESOME…NOT FOR THE PIG
OF COURSE! OR
VEGETARIANS LIKE MRS.
O’MALIA
OMG! THE HEALTHIEST
SANDWICH EVER! (said no one)
Do now!
What causes people to resist authority?
(I) Virginia: “Child of Tobacco”
a. What was tobacco’s effect on Virginia’s
economy?
1. Vital role in putting VA on a firm economic
footing.
2. Tobacco promoted the use of the plantation
system.
3.. Need for cheap, abundant labor.
)
Headright System: Plantation owners were
given 50 acres for every indentured servant
they sponsored to come to America.
Indentured
Contract: Served plantation
owner for 7 years as a laborer in return for
passage to America.
Freedom
Dues: Once servant completed his
contract, he/she was freed….They were given
land, tools, seed and animals. However, they
did not receive voting rights.
What factors led to the
introduction of African
slavery replacing
indentured servitude as
the labor force in the
American Colonies?
Bacon’s Rebellion
(1676 - 1677)
Nathaniel Bacon
represents former
indentured
servants.
Governor
William Berkeley
of Jamestown
(II) CAUSES OF BACON’S REBELLION (In a nutshell)
a. Power in the Virginia colony rested in the hands of a few
and royal governor (William Berkeley) did not protect the
farmers along the James River from Indian attacks
b. Native American raids on land because of unfair trade
between the English and tribes
c. Bacon goes to Governor Berkeley to voice his complaints
d. Berkeley creates a defensive zone around Virginia and
colonists have to pay for protection through taxes
e. Bacon starts war with the Natives (first rebellion in
colonies)
f. Bacon creates the “Declaration of the People of Virginia
LET’S READ IT NOW SHALL WE???
(III) The Rebellion Itself
a. Nathaniel Bacon acts as the representative for
rebels (led 1,000 Virginians including: indentured
servants, poor farmers and even slaves! in a
rebellion against Berkeley)
 Berkeley monopolized the fur trade with the Indians
in the area.
 Berkeley refused to retaliate for Indian attacks on
frontier settlements.
b. Gov. Berkeley refused to meet their conditions
and erupts into a civil war.
c. Bacon dies, Gov. Berkeley puts down rebellion
and several rebels are hung
IV. MAJOR RESULT OF REBELLION
a. Move away from using indentured servants
as labor to using SLAVES as labor (slaves
would not demand equality and fairness)
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!!!)