Project Gutenberg 2009-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 191 Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson 1879 1966 Wertenbaker, Thomas J. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "Bacon's Rebellion, 1676" by Thomas J. Wertenbaker is a historical account written in the mid-20th century. The book explores the events surrounding the rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor Sir William Berkeley in Colonial Virginia. It delves into the socio-political tensions and grievances that fueled this conflict, highlighting issues of governance, corruption, and the struggles of ordinary colonists against an oppressive administration. The opening of the book sets the stage for the intricate dynamics of Virginia during the lead-up to Bacon's Rebellion. It illustrates the discontent among the colonists towards Governor Berkeley’s rule, marked by a concentration of power among his allies, excessive taxation without proper representation, and inequitable land distribution. Key figures, including Berkeley and Bacon himself, are introduced as catalysts for the impending conflict, alongside descriptions of the oppressive policies and socio-economic hardships that ignited the revolutionary spirit among the colony’s inhabitants. The narrative lays a strong foundation for understanding the complexities of the Rebellion as it unfolds throughout the rest of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 F206 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 157971 156470 2024-10-12T06:56:43.424391 2023-09-12T10:05:20.218289 text/html text/html 156169 2009-02-06T10:36:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 988431 2021-01-04T17:44:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1048058 2024-10-12T06:56:50.531347 application/epub+zip 1046861 2024-10-12T06:56:46.667365 application/epub+zip 121261 2024-10-12T06:56:45.337380 application/epub+zip 1167121 2024-10-12T06:56:53.229343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1151861 2024-10-12T06:56:49.393372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204926 2022-09-13T06:23:11.858212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144095 143978 2024-10-12T06:56:42.959394 2023-09-12T10:05:19.898381 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 143811 2021-01-04T17:44:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54522 2021-01-04T17:44:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143824 2021-01-04T17:44:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54521 2021-01-04T17:44:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21544 2024-10-12T06:56:53.368336 application/rdf+xml 13717 2024-10-12T06:56:45.890374 image/jpeg 3730 2024-10-12T06:56:45.613368 image/jpeg 1078228 2024-10-12T06:56:43.459387 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia