Identify and explain the significance of Nat Bacon’s Rebellion.
During the late 1660’s, the governor of Virginia was Sir William Berkeley. He had strict and harsh governing over Virginia. There were increased taxes and lots of secretive corruption. Governor Berkeley dreaded many things that let people have a saying. People who are allowed to speak has a power to convince others. This led to Berkeley not allowing free men with no property the right to vote. This is when Nathaniel Bacon came in. Bacon was a middle-aged wealthy business man. When Bacon was denied license to part take in the beaver trade, which ultimately denied him to make business and become wealthy. After being denied, Bacon went to Berkeley for guns to wipe out the Indians, but was also rejected of guns due to the possibly of backstabbing. After this, Bacon slowly gathered a group of poor white and black workers who felt that…show more content… There were limited amount of precious metals to mine in North America, but there was a large surplus of beavers. With beavers, there were fur which equals warmth. Europeans saw beaver’s fur as profitable, but very few European men lack the will or skills to hunting, skinning, and processing the beaver. This is where they turned to the Indians for help. The Indians had the skill and will with processing the beaver. The Europeans saw vision with the fur business with the Indians and bargained European goods such as tools, food, guns, and most importantly, friendship, with the Indians. This was sort of a win-win situation because the Europeans can profit from the fur; While, Indians get protection and guns from the Europeans. But like any business, the two groups do not really trust each other. Both groups would check each other’s product trade for any faulty defect or disadvantage. This also took a toll on the environment because many beavers were being hunted out which can cause a change in the biodiversity and
