Primary Source Analysis Of Nathaniel Bacon On Bacon's Rebellion

First Primary Source Analysis: Nathaniel Bacon on Bacon’s Rebellion In 1893, the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography was established. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography was a journal of the Virginia Historical Society. They published articles and book reviews on Virginia and southern history. In 1894, an article was published about Nathaniel Bacon and his rebellion. Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising that began in 1676, against American Indians and the government in the Virginia colony. Bacon’s Rebellion was the result of Governor William Berkeley refusing to counterattack after a sentence of American Indian attacks on dividing settlements. Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter gained support from other farmers to go against Berkeley’s order’s, they went on to strike the Occaneechi and Susquehanock tribes. These attacks led to dissent in the Virginia colony. The intended audience of the article Nathaniel Bacon on Bacon’s Rebellion is anybody who is interested in being informed about the rebellion. Since the article was published in a history and biography magazine it is more likely to be read by those who care about the history of America and how it came to be. This source displays the hardening of racial lines dealing with slavery that
A lot about the negative tensions between Colonists and Native Americans can be learned and inferred from the source. The publishing of the article was a great way to emphasize the history of the colonies and how their struggles over land and labor shaped America and the way the government works, for example if Bacon wouldn’t have rebelled against William Berkeley, the American Revolution might not have occurred. Bacon’s Rebellion showed the people that they don’t have to take what the government says if they don’t agree with it, they can be the government, they can make their own system to benefit the public