Bacon's Rebellion



Participants

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1676/07/00 July through September 1676, Nathaniel Bacon controls Jamestown. During this time, Berkeley attempts a coup, but support for Bacon is still too strong and Berkeley will be forced to flee to Accomack County on the Eastern Shore. Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown JCC
1676/07/30 Nathaniel Bacon, a cousin of Lady Frances Berkeley, issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia" accusing Berkeley's administration of unfair taxation, cronyism and failing to protect settlers from Indian attack.
1676/09/01 Nathaniel Bacon's flotilla traps Governor Berkeley at John Custis' Arlington plantation on the Eastern Shore in Northampton County. Arlington Archeological Site, Cape Charles
1676/10/26 Nathaniel Bacon abruptly dies of the "Bloodie Flux" and "Lousey Disease" (body lice). It is possible his soldiers burned his contaminated body because it was never found.
1676/12/00 Still running the government, Governor William Berkeley quits Arlington (lost). Arlington Archeological Site, Cape Charles
1677/01/00 Commissioners from the King arrive with a 1,000 soldiers and 11 ships to restore order and investigate the causes of the rebellion.
1677/01/25 Berkeley returns to his burned capital and his looted home. His wife describes Green Spring in a letter: for the house it looked like one of those the boys pull down at Shrovetide, and was almost as much to repair as if it had beene new to build. Green Spring, Williamsburg
1677/02/00 The General Assembly meets at Green Spring, beginning their reign of terror. Enemies are imprisoned or executed, their lands and properties confiscated. Ruins of the jail where these men were confined are the only standing structure at Green Spring today. Green Spring, Williamsburg
1677/02/00 Col John West a person greatly impaired in his stock and goods by the Rebells, and a most constant Loyall Gentleman during the late Rebellion, and was for some time after Bacons death Imprisoned by the Rebell Partie.

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