It is often said that for leading Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, Nathanial Bacon is a hero. A great man who overthrew an oppressive government for the rights of the working class man. However many well respected authors paint him in a much different light. Robert Berverly states that "In a word he was every way qualified to head a giddy and unthinking multitude"
Beverely also states that "Four things may be reckoned to have been the main ingredients towards this intestine commotion." He believes that the combination of tobaccos low prices, the "splintering of the colony", the restraints that parliment laid on their shipping of tobacco, (i.e. they could only export to England), and lastly the Natives that the colonists felt threatened by.
Many agree, that the spark that finally started the fire, was the Virginian government's unwillingness to provide protection for the colonists from the Indians. This was the last straw on the back of the colonists who "to minds already full of discontent, made people ready to vent all their resentment against the poor Indians.".
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I believe that this post, was much better then my first post. The new sources I received in class for quoting, and the critiques I got from my classmates helped my writing evolve to a better level.
I still think I need to use more templates in my next revision, and this is no where near where I want it to be but I am getting closer.
I also think I am "chunking" my work better now, and I am starting to break free of the five paragraph format and getting more into writing for a purpose, not just to fill up a page.
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