Bacon's Rebellion
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"Where we do well know that all our causes will be impartially heard and
equally justice administered to all men," as stated by, Nathaniel Bacon. 1 In
1676 an uprising known as occurred in Virginia. The immediate
cause of this revolt was the dissension between the planters and the Indians.
Becau ....
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.... because the right to vote and social equality were denied to the farmers
by the local government.
The right to vote is a small but crucial part of the democracy. During
the first half of the 17th century the farmers on the plantations in Virginia
were not able to exercise their right to vote. The only people that were able
to vote during this time were the wealthy men who owned land. Overall the
colonists had not been treated fairly. They had been over taxed and denied
their ....
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