Nathaniel Bacon

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Nathaniel Bacon was a 17th-century Virginia planter best known for leading a major armed uprising against the colonial government in 1676.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
planter
rebel leader
activity armed uprising against colonial authorities
raids against Native American groups
birthYear 1647
conflict Bacon's Rebellion
countryOfCitizenship England
deathCause dysentery
deathPlace Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Colony
deathYear 1676
ethnicGroup English
familyName Bacon
givenName Nathaniel
historicalPeriod 17th century
leaderOf Bacon's Rebellion
legacy precursor to later American revolutionary sentiment
symbol of early colonial resistance to royal authority
militaryRank colonel
movement colonial American frontier resistance
notableFor Bacon's Rebellion
occupation planter
opposedTo Governor William Berkeley
colonial government of Virginia
partOf history of Colonial Virginia
history of the Thirteen Colonies
politicalStance anti-elite colonial politics
frontier settler advocacy
residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Colony
significantEvent burning of Jamestown in 1676
yearOfEvent 1676

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Bacon's Rebellion hasLeader Nathaniel Bacon
Bacon's Rebellion namedAfter Nathaniel Bacon
Nicholas Bacon child Nathaniel Bacon
Governor William Berkeley opposedBy Nathaniel Bacon
subject surface form: William Berkeley