Project Gutenberg 2011-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 139 Stanard, Mary Newton 1865 1929 Stanard, Mary Mann Page Newton Newton, Mary Mann Page The Story of Bacon's Rebellion Produced by Mark C. Orton, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Story of Bacon's Rebellion" by Mary Newton Stanard is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into one of the most significant uprisings in Virginia's colonial history, known as Bacon's Rebellion, which occurred in the late 17th century. The book explores the political and social tensions between the colonial government, led by Governor Sir William Berkeley, and discontented settlers, culminating in the charismatic figure of Nathaniel Bacon emerging as a leader of the rebellion. At the start of the narrative, the author sets the stage for the tumultuous times in Virginia just before the rebellion broke out. The introduction outlines the grievances of the settlers against the government, including oppressive taxes and threats from Native Americans. It presents Sir William Berkeley’s tyrannical rule, characterized by his disregard for the people's needs and growing discontent amongst the colonists. Nathaniel Bacon is introduced as a sympathetic figure, aligning himself with the common people in their fight against tyranny, as he becomes increasingly poised to lead the charge against the injustices perpetrated by the colonial elite. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 F206 Text Browsing: History - American 225367 225366 2024-09-15T11:28:02.989293 2023-09-16T05:13:26.159823 text/html text/html 221593 2011-06-14T11:49:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6443121 2011-06-14T11:49:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 7007076 2024-09-15T11:28:51.924438 application/epub+zip 6928090 2024-09-15T11:28:19.621076 application/epub+zip 147631 2024-09-15T11:28:04.028160 application/epub+zip 74402700 2024-09-15T11:29:07.002358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74320321 2024-09-15T11:28:31.694038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245618 2022-09-16T15:19:50.591225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190076 189857 2024-09-15T11:28:01.827167 2023-09-16T05:13:25.213830 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 189997 2011-06-14T11:49:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 72134 2011-06-14T11:49:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 189987 2011-06-14T11:49:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72115 2011-06-14T11:49:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19880 2024-09-15T11:29:07.326329 application/rdf+xml 13678 2024-09-15T11:28:04.398157 image/jpeg 3417 2024-09-15T11:28:04.212158 image/jpeg 6509003 2024-09-15T11:28:03.407180 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