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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon leading a group of colonists during the burning of Jamestown, Virginia, 1676.

Nathaniel Bacon

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January 2, 1647, Suffolk, England
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October 1676, Virginia [U.S.] (aged 29)

Nathaniel Bacon (born January 2, 1647, Suffolk, England—died October 1676, Virginia [U.S.]) was a Virginia planter and leader of Bacon’s Rebellion (1676), the first popular revolt in England’s North American colonies. A kinsman of the famous Sir Francis Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon graduated from the University of Cambridge, toured the continent, and studied law at Gray’s Inn. Until shortly before his arrival in Virginia in 1674, Bacon was destined to the life of a country squire. His marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Duke of Suffolk, was violently opposed by her father. Her disinheritance and the involvement of Bacon in ...(100 of 456 words)

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