Bacon's Rebellion

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armed uprising colonial rebellion conflict event in colonial Virginia

Bacon's Rebellion was a 1676 armed uprising in colonial Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government, reflecting deep tensions over frontier policy, Native relations, and class divisions.

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Label	Occurrences
Bacon's Rebellion canonical	10

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed uprising ⓘ colonial rebellion ⓘ conflict ⓘ event in colonial Virginia ⓘ
chronologicalPrecedence	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
country	England ⓘ
endTime	1677 ⓘ
hasCause	Governor William Berkeley's Indian policy ⓘ class divisions in colonial Virginia ⓘ conflict over Native American relations ⓘ discontent among frontier settlers ⓘ perceived government corruption ⓘ tensions over frontier policy ⓘ
hasContext	Anglo-Native American conflicts on the frontier ⓘ economic depression in the 1670s ⓘ expansion of English settlement into Native lands ⓘ tobacco price decline ⓘ
hasEffect	destruction of Jamestown ⓘ greater control of the Crown over Virginia ⓘ harsher racial laws in Virginia ⓘ increased reliance on African slave labor ⓘ reassessment of colonial defense policies ⓘ weakening of indentured servitude ⓘ
hasEthnicDimension	relations between English colonists and Native Americans ⓘ
hasFieldOfStudy	colonial American studies ⓘ early American history ⓘ
hasLeader	Nathaniel Bacon ⓘ
hasLocation	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia Jamestown ⓘ surface form: Jamestown, Virginia
hasLongTermSignificance	development of race-based slavery in Virginia ⓘ shaping of colonial governance policies ⓘ
hasOpposingForce	Virginia militia loyal to Governor Berkeley ⓘ
hasOutcome	death of Nathaniel Bacon from disease ⓘ execution of several rebels ⓘ rebellion suppressed ⓘ
hasParticipant	enslaved Africans ⓘ frontier settlers ⓘ indentured servants ⓘ planters ⓘ
hasSocialDimension	tensions between poor whites and colonial elite ⓘ tensions between small farmers and large planters ⓘ
isDocumentedIn	colonial records of Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter	Nathaniel Bacon ⓘ
opposedBy	Governor William Berkeley ⓘ colonial government of Virginia ⓘ
partOf	history of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
significantEvent	burning of Jamestown in 1676 ⓘ
startTime	1676 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colonial America → majorConflict → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → significantEvent → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Occaneechi people → notableEvent → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Occaneechi people → conflictInvolved → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Nathaniel Bacon → notableFor → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Nathaniel Bacon → leaderOf → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Nathaniel Bacon → conflict → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

Governor William Berkeley → conflict → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

subject surface form: William Berkeley

colonial records of Virginia → subject → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

subject surface form: Colonial Records of Virginia

colonial records of Virginia → coversEvent → Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ

subject surface form: Colonial Records of Virginia