Governor William Berkeley

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Governor William Berkeley was the colonial governor of Virginia best known for his autocratic rule, promotion of the tobacco economy, and central role as the establishment leader opposed during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governor
human
appointedBy Charles I of England
surface form: King Charles I of England

Charles II of England
surface form: King Charles II of England
birthPlace Somerset
surface form: Somerset, England
birthYear 1605
burialPlace Twickenham
surface form: Twickenham, England
causeOfRemovalFromOffice political pressure after Bacon's Rebellion
colonyGoverned Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Colony of Virginia
conflict Bacon's Rebellion
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathPlace England
deathYear 1677
economicActivity land speculation
tobacco planting
education St Edmund Hall, Oxford
era Colonial America
familyName Berkeley
genre drama
givenName William
implementedPolicy limitation of elections in Virginia
restriction of the franchise to landowners
support for tobacco monoculture
trade policies favoring English merchants
knownFor autocratic rule in colonial Virginia
promotion of the tobacco economy in Virginia
role in Bacon's Rebellion
militaryConflict Powhatan Wars
surface form: Anglo-Powhatan Wars
name Governor William Berkeley self-link
surface form: William Berkeley
occupation colonial administrator
planter
writer
officeEnd 1652
1677
officeStart 1641
1660
opposedBy Nathaniel Bacon
owned Green Spring Plantation
policyTowardsNativeAmericans advocated defensive frontier forts
favored regulated trade with Native Americans
politicalAlignment Royalist
positionHeld Governor of Virginia
residence Green Spring Plantation
supported established colonial elite in Virginia
large planters in Virginia
supportedMonarch Charles I of England
Charles II of England
wrote The Lost Lady

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Bacon's Rebellion opposedBy Governor William Berkeley
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sibling Governor William Berkeley
this entity surface form: Sir William Berkeley
Lords Proprietors hasMember Governor William Berkeley
this entity surface form: Sir William Berkeley
Nathaniel Bacon opposedTo Governor William Berkeley
Governor William Berkeley name Governor William Berkeley self-link
subject surface form: William Berkeley
this entity surface form: William Berkeley
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia subjectTo Governor William Berkeley
this entity surface form: Royal Governor of Virginia
Berkeley family hasMember Governor William Berkeley
this entity surface form: Sir William Berkeley (governor of Virginia)
Green Spring Plantation site associatedWith Governor William Berkeley
this entity surface form: Sir William Berkeley
Green Spring Plantation site governorResidenceOf Governor William Berkeley
this entity surface form: Sir William Berkeley