Bacon's Rebellion, 1676

by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

Overview

BACON'S REBELLION, 1676 recounts the events leading up to and including Bacon's Rebellion, the first (failed) rebellion in the English Colonies. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter, the uprising was composed mostly of frontiersmen and yeoman farmers, but also some blacks who were angered by the continuing presence of Native Americans in the colony. While Indian raids contributed to the discontent surrounding the rebellion, the rebels were also deeply dissatisfied with the political leadership of the colony.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013605176
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	07/07/2011
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	156 KB

About the Author

Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker (1879-1966) was a leading American historian and Edwards Professor of American History at Princeton University. He received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Virginia, gaining a reputation for his doctoral dissertation, PATRICIAN AND PLEBIAN IN VIRGINIA (1910), followed by VIRGINIA UNDER THE STUARTS (1914), and his master work, THE PLANTERS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA (1922).