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Sir William Berkeley (/ ˈ b ɑːr k l iː /; 1605 – 9 July 1677) was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1660 to 1677. One of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina , as governor of Virginia he implemented policies that bred dissent among the colonists and sparked Bacon's Rebellion .
In 1646, forces under Royal Governor William Berkeley captured Opechancanough, at the time believed to be between 90 and 100 years old. [2] They paraded him as a prisoner through Jamestown before a jeering crowd, and he was subsequently killed by a settler who shot him in the back while assigned to guard him in prison. [ 9 ]
Bacon's Rebellion The Burning of Jamestown by Howard Pyle Date 1676–1677 Location Jamestown, Colony of Virginia Goals Change in Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy Methods Demonstrations, vigilantes Resulted in Failure of the rebellion Mass executions of the rebellion's leaders Berkeley recalled to England Parties Virginia colonists, indentured servants and slaves Colony of Virginia ...
William Drummond (born c. 1617, died January 20, 1677) was a Scottish indentured servant in Virginia who became the first colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina, but alienated Virginia governor William Berkeley, became a ringleader of Bacon's Rebellion and was executed after his capture.
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The Declaration of the People of Virginia, or simply the Declaration of the People, was a list of complaints issued by Nathaniel Bacon on July 30, 1676, in which he proclaimed Virginia's colonial governor, William Berkeley, to be corrupt and expressed his displeasure at what his followers regarded as unjust taxation and the government's failure to provide colonists protection from some tribes ...
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