History of the United States I / Unit 3 USH1 0325 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bacon and Berkeley
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The idea
Nathaniel Bacon arrived in sixteen seventy-four, befriended Governor William Berkeley, then felt excluded from his circle. He wanted frontier land, and Berkeley forbade expansion.
In practice
Bacon drawing support especially from former indentured servants who believed Berkeley limited their chance to own tobacco farms.
Where people slip
They opposed his treaty-based approach and advocated extermination instead.
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