Howard Zinn and Rebecca Stefoff, the writers of "A Young People's History of the United States", wrote "It was not a war of American colonists against the British. Instead, Bacon's rebellion was an uprising of angry, poor colonists against two groups they saw as their enemies. One was the Indians. The other was the colonists' own rich and privileged leaders" (35).
According to Zinn and Stefoff, "Bacon's Rebellion came about because of a chain of oppression in Virginia" (38).
Bacon was a considerably wealthy man and though he was new to the colony, he had extremely high hopes of leading a band of over 500 men to defeat the Indians. As Zinn and Stefoff stated, "He probably cared more about fighting the Indians than about helping the poor" (37).According to Puglisi, Bacon "received an appointment to the Governor's council at the age of twenty-nine" (77). William Berkeley had appointed Bacon and later on accused him of being a traitor.
I really love the way Zinn and Stefoff wrote the story of Bacon's Rebellion. It was as if they had intended it to be for simple minds like myself that like things to be strait to the point and not in an old English style. I found it interesting in "A Young People's History of the United States" that "More than half the colonists who came to North America came as servants" (41). Then as soon as their indenture as a servant was up they were basically free to live like normal human beings. All in all, Bacon's rebellion lead to the fact that it was better to not ignore the Indians because it would frustrate whites living near the frontier.
Bacon's Rebellion did not last long after his death at the age of twenty-nine.
3 comments:
Incredible use of words=)
Your sentences seem to flow very well=)
You used good supporting quotations which followed the directions of the assignment "they say" :)
The length was great, and i did not see any run on sentences=)
Wow. You really made use of those quotes, and whoa! the length! I can tell you put a lot of time into this. I really like how your sentences flowed, and it made sense. I also didn't see any bias, so that was another +.
Bravo. you deserve two smiley faces for that one.
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I thought it was well thought out and had great organization. The only thing i would change is when you say,"It was as if they had intended it to be for simple minds like myself." I thought this downgraded you as a writer and made you seem like you didn't have confidence as an analytical reader. I also thought that there was a little too much I say in the last paragraph. I know for the essay we will need I Say, but for this assignment we did not. Great job, it looks fantastic!
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