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NC REBELLIONS
Rebellions/Conflict Bacon’s RebellionCulpepper Rebellion Cary RebellionTuscarora War
Colonial Government and RebellionFew could vote
Only menWhite, 21 years oldProperty owners (50 acres)
1. Bacon’s Rebellion
1676 in the Virginia Colony
Nathaniel Bacon – Planter from England
Angry with Governor Berkeley
Bacon’s Rebellion 1676: Greed in Virginia for rich
farmlands pushes settlers into conflict with natives
Settlers desire to move onto treaty-protected lands
29 year-old Nathaniel Bacon petitions gov’t to approve war with natives
Bacon’s RebellionUnhappy about low tobacco prices, limits on voting rights, rule by an aristocratic minority, and lack of protection from the Native Americans
Bacon’s Rebellion Governor refuses, Bacon attacks
anyway Eventually, Bacon sees the Gov’t as
a obstacle Bacon wages war on the gov’t and
burns down the capital (Jamestown) Bacon dies of dysentery, rebellion
eventually fades out Largely unsuccessful, but
Berkeley (governor) did step down
2. Culpeper’s Rebellion
1677 – rebellion against the Navigation Acts Monopolized colonial trade for England (only English merchants and ships to England)
Tariffs/Export Taxes placed on colonial products
Tobacco was usually shipped to Boston and other goods to the West Indies
3. Cary’s RebellionThe Vestry Act and Test Act
Designed to ensure Anglican rule
Vestry Act – new tax used to build Anglican Churches
Test Act – elected officials must swear on bible to uphold Anglican faith
Quakers, Lutherans, and Catholics
All offended and angered
Quakers protest by petitioning Lord Proprietors
Thomas Cary (Governor) is fired, Edward Hyde replaced him
Attempts to enforce acts
Cary’s RebellionCary supported Quakers and religious dissenters
Hoped to get his job backElections held (1708), Cary wins!
1708-1711 – Cary allows Quakers to hold office without swearing
Thomas Cary
English Response Cary replaced with Hyde Cary sailed on Pamlico, fired on Hyde’s
home Caused major disruption in Carolina,
represented a diminished role for Quakers in state politics
4. Tuscarora
Native American territory to west
Used as slaves by colonistsPopulation decline from 120,000 to 16,000 in a century
New technology = guns, glass beads, clothing, alcohol, etc..
Buildup to War1711 – New Bern settled in Tuscarora territory
John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenreid and an African slave leave on expedition into Tuscarora territory
Captured, Lawson killed – others were released later
The Tuscarora WarTuscarora decide to try to push Europeans out of Carolina
Grievances: Kidnapping and enslaving their people
Alcohol Cheated during trade Poor treatment by Europeans
The Tuscarora WarNative Americans attack Bath County
Plan to destroy all plantation
Hundreds killed (even children)
Women and children taken as slaves
Dead left for dogs and vultures
ResultsNC calls for aid from South Carolina and Virginia
1713 – South Carolina responds with Catawba and Yamassee Indians
Tuscarora defeated at Ft. Neoheroka
1000 were killed/enslaved, forced out of NC to NY