William Berkeley

In the 1670s, dissent from small farmers and frontiersmen marred the leadership of William Berkeley. Reasons, such as restrictions on the right to vote, high taxes, low tobacco prices, aristocratic leadership, and inadequate security against Native American attacks caused the dissent. Nathanial Bacon, a relative of William Berkeley, relocated from England in 1673 and became part of the administration in Virginia. Over time, the two disagreed on the issue of Indians (Rice, 2012). It was at this point

American attacks to take place. To prevent future attacks, Governor Berkeley ordered an investigation into the issue. He set up what was to be a disaster of a meeting between the Indians and himself, which resulted in the murders of several tribal chiefs. Berkeley tried to be rational with Nathaniel Bacon and the other rebels. However, Bacon ignored the governor and continued his terrible actions against the Native Americans. Then Berkeley approached Bacon and told him how disappointed he was in him,

In “Bacon’s Declaration in the Name of the People”, Nathaniel Bacon lists every major offense of Sir William Berkeley, many of which collide with one another to display how the governor’s actions and inactions built upon each other to create turmoil for the people of Virginia. However, Berkeley defends himself and proclaims Bacon a traitor in, “The Declaration and Remonstrance of Sir William Berkeley his most sacred Majesties Governor and Captain Generall of Virginia”. In order to gain the king’s favor

marriage. Governor Sir William Berkeley was a veteran of the English Civil Wars, a frontier Indian fighter, a Governor in the 1640's, a playwright and scholar. Sir William Berkeley’s reputation as Governor of Virginia was well respected. The other member involved was Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon was a known as a troublemaker and conspirator whose father sent him to Virginia with the hope that he would mature. Bacon was intelligent and moving and once Bacon arrived in Virginia, Berkeley treated him with respect

 Today, we would call this breaking the law. In Virginia, 1676 through 1677, Bacon Rebellion took place. Indians were coming into Virginia and taking over land by conquering and killing villages in cold blood. Sir William Berkeley was the governor of the colony at this time. William Berkeley, “showed a reluctance to retaliate, favoring instead a policy of keeping a strict boundary between Indian and colonial land…” The colonist there were not happy and wanted to do something about them being on there

family pull. Nathaniel Bacon was the Governor, William Berkeley’s cousin by marriage. (“Encylopedia Britannica”) Before Bacon arrived in 1674, frontier families were just barely getting by. The weather was bad leading to less crop harvest and taxes were high. The colonists grew angry with the government, saying the neighboring Indians should be removed (“Saint or Sinner?”). The colonists at once take the reins and form an army. However, Gov. Berkeley says they must not have a commander, or go against

During the 1670s, the government of Virginia's own Governor William Berkeley became hated by many citizens who didn’t like any of his rules.He had a rule in place that stated you must own land to be able to vote, he had taxes that had people paying so much money some people were going poor, and obvious avoidance of the war between the Native Americans and them. By that I mean that Berkeley had absolutely no interest in protecting his own citizens from the savage Indian attacks that happened every

Because Sir William Berkeley, the Governor of Virginia had willingly denied support to the farmers, Bacon assumed leadership of an unauthorized expedition against the Indians. When Bacon learned that Governor Berkeley was rising a force against him, he turned away from the Indians to fight with Berkley. This had now become a serious problem for the governor. When news of this revolt had reached King

Virginia had to revolt against the governor William Berkeley because of, unjust taxes , of government policies and because the poor colonist felt the government should keep them safe. Moreover they also felt the lack of protection from the governor and revolted against him, for helping the indians and not keeping them safe. However despite all the struggles of the revolution the poor people were the one mostly affected.. Governor Berkeley was first considered by the colonists as a caring

by side against their common "enemies." Sir William Berkeley arrived in Virginia in 1642 to act as the Colonial Governor of Virginia. He was the King’s envoy in Virginia, though he was a selfish royalist who believed in himself before the King. He brought together some