Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed uprising in the Virginia colony in 1676 and early 1677 led by Nathaniel Bacon against Gov. William Berkeley’s government, reflecting tensions over frontier settlement, Native American relations, political authority, and land access. Initially interpreted as a precursor to the colonial rebellions that led to the American Revolution, it is now seen as a more localized conflict, one steeped in economics, race, and politics.
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