Bacon’s Rebellion was caused by tensions over frontier settlement, relations with Native Americans, political authority, access to land, and frustrations among frontier settlers who felt neglected by Gov. William Berkeley’s government. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, the rebellion highlighted tensions in colonial society and led to a shift in Virginia from indentured servitude to reliance on enslaved African labor, which became a defining feature of its economy and social structure.
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