Analysis Of Nathaniel Bacon 's ' The Name Of The People '

Francis bacon is the one who delivered the statement he was a rich man who spoke out for the injustices of the marginalized which is why his rebellion was extremely effective. He was a man who was rebellion against the concentration of power of the governor of the state. Also his cousin who wanted peace with the natives. Bacon coming from a high class meant he had power over the people. Governor over the council during the time, at 29 years old Bacon sparked a revolution that would change the course of history and inspiring a community that needed it the most. This statement was delivered on 30 July 1676. The speech was delivered in Virginia

The colonists were being heavily taxed, and treated very unfairly. With acts such as the

Bacon's Rebellion may have served as the first civil uprising within the early settlements of America. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, a militia of armed freedmen, slaves, and poor colonist banded together to fight against a government that they felt was corrupt and did not have their best interests in mind. This paper will examine some of the major causes that led to the rebellion such as the increased westward expansion by the colonists, the civil unrest growing between the social classes, rising taxes, and disputes between colonists and neighboring indian tribes.

Because the low-grade tobacco was being overproduced unceasingly, prices dropped over the years. Tobacco had been the colony’s sole way of income for many years. Berkeley attempted to improve conditions by introducing other industries and building new towns in several places. Unfortunately, the towns could not be maintained and other attempts only resulted in dissatisfaction and increased taxes. Taxes were also increased due to a need for defense against the Dutch and the Indians. The rising price of English manufactured goods and the increasingly limited English market created more problems for the Virginians.

This was a letter to the king of Britain. The colonists were updating him on how Jamestown was doing. The colonists found out that Virginia was a complete opposite of the Indies. In the Indies, the landscape is different. The Indies is very humid and warm. That is perfect weather for cultivating many fruits and vegetables in a great abundance. In Virginia, there is snow, which is hard for plants to live. There are different resources found in the Indies versus Virginia. If Virginia had the same climate, resources, and landscape it would have thrived. The Natives in Virginia would have rather died than becoming slaves. The colonists were upset in a way. They were upset that the Natives did not have a colony established. The colonists had to build the colony from scratch. Spain and Portugal established colonies in other areas and those areas prospered tremendously. The Indians did not value items that were not edible. The Indians were more worried about surviving and feeding their tribe. Corn was vital to the Indians. Corn was stored during the winter to feed the

The British enrolled about fifty thousand American Loyalists and enlisted the services of many Indians, who though unreliable, who fair-weather fighters, inflamed long stretches of the frontier”(135). This extra help from colonists, Loyalist, hessians, and the Indians only add to the army creating a bigger advantage towards the colonists. Even though they did not win it can said that the British seemed to have a bigger lead on the colonists. Colonists presented themselves as weak and disorganized, where one would presume that they wouldn’t win at all, “Yet the American rebels were badly organized for war. From the earliest days, they had been almost fatally lacking in unity, and a new nation lurched forward uncertainly like an uncoordinated centipede”(136). Organization is important for the colonists because they are competing against a well-developed and trained army.

Firstly, the expensive tax amounts were difficult to accept and it was not beneficial to the lower-class citizens. Instead, high taxes were useful for the upper-class citizens, because it gave them the protection from the Native Americans. Since the lower class, who was mostly yeoman farmers, could not afford any safety and was targeted by the natives on a day-to-day basis. The farmers came to the government for this issue to be address, but Berkeley was not making any adjustments; This result into farmers joining together and violently defending themselves towards the natives. As the farmers and the Native American were bantering back and forth, Bacon saw this issue as an opportunity to let Berkeley that we should

The economic prosperity of the colonies was primarily dependent on the amount of tobacco produced. The growing of tobacco, needed a large amount of land, with a large stable work force that was affordable, the planters of tobacco however were only receiving “the very scum and off-scouring” from England from the merchants who were supplying the servants

4. I do agree with Breen 's point of view and for the most part it agrees with our text. I would probably be more likely to agree with Breen that the people of Virginia did not form a military band and fight back against the Indians especially how the text talks about Indians remaining a strong presence. It wouldn 't make much sense for the Indians to remain a strong presence if they are constantly being attacked by the settlers. I think the reason that the Indians stayed around is because Virginia was not effectively fighting them off because they didn 't have any type of formalized military, or formalized anything for that matter, not even schools.

Nathanial Bacon was a young, bold, active, and powerful individual (Beverly). Bacon was born in England, taught at Cambridge, and later moved to Virginia with his wife, Elizabeth, in 1974 (Tarter). Bacon graduated from the University of Cambridge and studied the law. Elizabeth’s father, the Sir Edward Duke of Suffolk, opposed their marriage. Her disinheritance by her father contributed to Bacon’s decision to migrate to North America. When they moved they got two plantations paid for by his father. Bacon owned the two plantations along the Jamestown northern frontier. By his social position and financial means, Bacon was brought up in the governor’s council in

In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon rebelled and held a revolt in Colonial Virginia. High taxes, low prices for tobacco, and resentment against special privileges given those close to the governor, Sir William Berkeley, provided the background for the uprising. These factors made the rebellion inevitable. All of the chaos was precipitated by Governor Berkeley's failure to defend the frontier against attacks by Native Americans. Bacon commanded two unauthorized but successful expeditions against the tribes and was then elected to the new House of Burgesses, which Berkeley had been forced to convene. Berkeley then sent out a warrant for his arrest and Bacon was put in jail. Bacon soon was released and he immediately gathered his supporters,

In 1675, the Algonquian Indians rose up in fury against the Puritan Colonists, sparking a violent conflict that engulfed all of Southern New England. From this conflict ensued the most merciless and blood stricken war in American history, tearing flesh from the Puritan doctrine, revealing deep down the bright and incisive fact that anger and violence brings man to a Godless level when faced with the threat of pain and total destruction. In the summer of 1676, as the violence dispersed and a clearing between the hatred and torment was visible, thousands were dead.(Lepore xxi) Indian and English men, women, and children, along with many of the young villages of New England were no more; casualties of a conflict that

In 1775, during the time Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” was written the colonists wanted to gain independence from Great Britain. King George created unreasonable taxes, the colonists felt like they shouldn’t have to pay for it so they began to rebel. Jonathan Edwards’s gave his sermon “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” during the 1740’s, also this when the outbreak of the Great Awakening took place and a religious revival swept the colonies and sparked conversions. In Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” and Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, both authors use tone, imagery, and diction to reevaluate their stance on their current situations.

Berkeley did not care about the farmers. It was obvious that the only thing he

Reading folder one: Francis Bacon, Aphorisms. Question One: How does Bacon propose to find truth? What are the strengths and weaknesses of his inductive method?