Fluent Essays

INSTRUCTIONS:   The focus of your paper will be to examine the primary documents that form the basis of the question.  However, you may certainly use any relevant information from either your textbook or in-class lectures to help support your answer.  Any citations MUST BE in MLA format.  Your paper WILL  BE double spaced (no hand written papers), and you will use a font no larger than Arial 10pt, Cambria 11pt, or Times New Roman 12pt. Be sure to include an introduction with a clear thesis statement and argument points, well thought out analysis, proper references, and a neatly worded conclusion.  LENGTH = @ 4 PAGES. The Topic: · An uprising by discontent frontiersmen in the Virginia Colony during the year 1676 has since become known as “Bacon’s Rebellion.”  On the surface, the disagreement between Nathaniel Bacon and Governor William Berkeley would seem to be a simple one.  Bacon claims the Governor is abusing his power, saying the Governor “hath traitorously attempted, violated, and injured His Majesties interest here”.  Gov. Berkeley claims Bacon is just mad he isn’t getting special favors, saying he himself has “lived 34 years amongst you, as diligent and uncorrupt as a governor ever was”. Who makes the better argument?  Does either one have the best interests of the “people” in mind?  There is no RIGHT answer here.  Papers will be submitted that support both sides of this debate.  Your goal here is to evaluate the evidence yourself and come to your own conclusion. Please provide at least THREE (3) quotes from Nathaniel Bacons Challenge-1685.pdf Actions to support your argument.Part Three: Maturing Colonial Society 3-2 Nathaniel Bacons Challenge to William Berkeley and the Governors Response (1 676) William Berkeley faced many challenges during his almost thirty years in power as Governor of Vir- ginia-not the least of which was discontent over depressed tobacco prices, rising taxes, and the Indian presence in the backcountry. These issues came to a head in July 1676 when Nathaniel Bacon defied the governors authority and led a band of frontier vigilantes against all the local Indians and even the gov- ernor himself. What followed was a brief conflict called Bacons Rebellion that left many people dead, Jamestown in ruins, and the power of the governor and his councilors confirmed. Source: A Hypertext on American History From the Colonial Period Until Modern Times http://odur.let.rug.nl/-usa/D/1651-1700/bacon~rebel/bacon~i.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/-usa/D/1651-1700/bacon~rebel/berke.htm The Declaracion of the People. 1. For haveing upon specious pretences of publiqe works raised greate unjust taxes upon the Comonality for the advance- ment of private favorites and other sinister ends, but noe visible effects in any measure adequate, For not haveing dureing this long time of his Gouvernement in any measure advanced this hopeful1 Colony either by fortificacons Townes or Trade. 2. For haveing abused and rendred contemptable the Magistrates of Justice, by advanceing to places of Judicature, scan- dalous and Ignorant favorites. 3. For haveing wronged his Majesties prerogative and interest, by assumeing Monopoly of the Beaver trade, and for haveing in that unjust gaine betrayed and sold his Majesties Country and the lives of his loyall subjects, to the bar- barous heathen. 4. For haveing, protected, favoured, and Imboldned the Indians against his Majesties loyall subjects, never contriveing, requireing, or appointing any due or proper meanes of sattisfaction for theire many Invasions, robberies, and murthers comitted upon us. 5. For haveing when the Army of English, was just upon the track of those Indians, who now in all places burne, spoyle, murther and when we might with ease have destroyed them: who then were in open hostillity, for then haveing expressly countermanded, and sent back our Army, by passing his word for the peaceable demeanour of the said Indians, who imediately prosecuted theire evil1 intentions, comitting honed murthers and robberies in all places, being protected by the said engagement and word past of him the said Sir William Berkeley, haveing ruined and laid deso- late a greate part of his Majesties Country, and have now drawne themselves into such obscure and remote places, and are by theire success soe imboldned and confirmed, by theire confederacy soe strengthned that the cryes of blood are in all places, and the terror, and constimation of the people soe greate, are now become, not onely a difficult, but a very formidable enimy, who might att first with