Bacon’s Rebellion was an event that changed the opinions of many about the Native race. Nathaniel Bacon wanted permission to raid the Natives because he thought they were a threat to his plans to conquer more land. He was turned down by William Berkeley who was a lead member of the government, and Berkeley wanted to keep peace with the Natives. “Bacon accused Berkeley and the government of wrong doing, including not protecting the western farmers from the Indians, and unfair taxes.” Bacon was elected to be a part of the colonial government called the House of Burgesses because "the common people of Virginia felt that he was on their side" on this issue. There was a lot of oppression towards the lower classes of people in Virginia.“Bacon’s Rebellion brought together groups from the lower classes,” including the servants and slaves. Bacon was ready to send his armed forces to fight the Indians, outside of government control. Bacon's rebellion was influenced by Nathaniel Bacon's eagerness to wipe out the Natives for more land and wealth. The lower classes only went along with the rebellion so they could share some of the wealth of the rich.
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This blog entry presents a lot of facts. I would say there is very little bias.
Your use of quotes is pretty good, but one thing I would change would be to mention where the quotes are from.
But other than that, this is pretty good. =D
I think you did a great job, I like how you used the quotes to help it flow better.
I didn't see any bias, and it made sense.
good job.
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Wow Tre very nice, you did such a great job summarizing the rebellion and making it easy to read.
You have great quotes, but don't forget to add what pages you found them and in which document.
i think your writing was to quike to the point good start but could be better
This blog had a large amount of facts and very little bias. I would suggest including the sources for your quotes and trying to include a bit more of the controversy into this post.
wuzzup Dawg!? yeah man great summery. one thing that would be good to do in the future is to cite where you got the qoutes and a little more use of the templates. but all in all ya did good dude.. <(^^<) kirby haha
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