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Essay / The influence of each uprising of the 1600s on...
In the 17th century, Virginia experienced two dark rebellions that would have a significant impact on the region's future economic and social development. The Indian uprisings that took place in 1622 and Bacon's Rebellion that took place in 1675 both had significant similarities as well as differences affecting different groups of people. It is impossible to determine whether one or the other uprising was more important than the other, because the chain reaction of each benefited the colony. In the early 1600s, English traders set out to the Americas not only in search of a new trade route to the East. , but used this land discovery as an opportunity to expand their European empire. They came to settle in the Americas to make a new start, establish large plantations and spread their religion. This massive influx of English migrants settling throughout the territory, creating very new colonies, caused concern among the native Indians. Native Indians felt that their immigrants were overstaying their welcome and endangering their supply of food harvested from the land due to the growing cultivation of the English. The Native Americans conspired among themselves and secretly planned what is today known as the Good Friday Massacre against the English. The rebellion was led by Opechancanough, the brother of Indian chief Powhatan, who led the Indians to English civilizations on March 22, 1622, to receive and dine with the English before brutally revolting against them without any warning. In total, approximately 3,650 English settlers and an unknown number of Indians were killed. Bacon's Rebellion, on the other hand, presents similar circumstances, but unlike the Indian Uprising of 1622, in which the ...... middle of paper ...... were extremely important to economic and social development of Virginia. . Neither was more important than the other, but rather they worked hand in hand to contribute to what became the success of the colony in the 17th century. Works CitedHenretta, James A. and David Brody. America: A Concise History, Volume I: To 1877. 4th ed., (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010).TARTER, BRENT. “Bacon's Rebellion, People's Grievances, and the Political Culture of 17th-Century Virginia.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 119, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-41. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed December 22, 2013). “Virginia’s Early Relations with Native Americans.” » Library of Congress. Accessed December 22, 2013. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/colonial/indians/indians.html