Bacon's Rebellion
1676 Virginia rebellion against the colonial government / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising in British Colonial Virginia in 1676.[1][2] It is named after Nathanial Bacon, a man who moved from England to Virginia. He fought against his cousin, William Berkeley, who was governor of Virginia at the time. Bacon wanted to fight against all the Native Americans in Virginia and make them leave. Berkeley only wanted to attack Native Americans who attacked white settlers first.[2]