New World Rebellion
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New World Rebellion 2
During the early years, when the United States was still developing, conflicts formed the U.S. and its relationship with different states and groups. Three very important conflicts were the Whiskey Rebellion, Shay's Rebellion, and Bacon's Rebellion. All of rebellions showed different groups of people come together, to rebel against the government. Bacon's Rebellion was important because it threatens Governor Berkley's government, in Virginia. The rebellion started when Nathaniel Bacon wanted to be part of the fur trade, he was rejected. Then Indians attacked several plantations to react to white violations. Berkley wanted to set up some "expensive and ineffective" defense forts, while Bacon wanted to get an army that was no cost to the colonists (Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, & Williams, 2002, p. 83)...