Bacon's Rebellion

Bacon's Rebellion
an unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown.

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  • Bacon's Rebellion — Bacon’s Rebellion, auch bekannt als Virginia Rebellion, war eine 1676 von Nathaniel Bacon in der britischen Kolonie Virginia geführte Rebellion gegen den Gouverneur Sir William Berkeley. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Nathaniel Bacon 2 Gouverneur Berkeley… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bacon’s Rebellion — Bacon’s Rebellion, auch bekannt als Virginia Rebellion, war eine 1676 von Nathaniel Bacon in der britischen Kolonie Virginia geführte Rebellion gegen den Gouverneur Sir William Berkeley. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Nathaniel Bacon 2 Gouverneur Berkeley …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bacon's Rebellion — was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year. The uprising was a… …   Wikipedia

  • Bacon's Rebellion — an unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bacon (disambiguation) — Bacon is a cut of meat taken from a pig, or other animal, which is usually smoked or cured.Bacon may also refer to:Places*Bacon, Indiana, a small town south of Paoli, Indiana *Bacon Academy, a high school in Colchester, ConnecticutPeople*Bacon… …   Wikipedia

  • Bacon,Nathaniel — Bacon, Nathaniel. 1647 1676. English born American colonist who led Bacon s Rebellion (1676), in which a group of frontiersmen captured and burned Jamestown in an attempt to gain reforms and greater participation in the government of Virginia. *… …   Universalium

  • Bacon, Nathaniel — born Jan. 2, 1647, Suffolk, Eng. died October 1676, Virginia Colony British born American colonial planter, leader of Bacon s Rebellion. He emigrated from England in 1673 and acquired land in Virginia, where he was appointed to the council of… …   Universalium

  • Bacon's Castle — Infobox nrhp | name =Bacon s Castle (Arthur Allen House) nrhp type =nhl caption = photo from Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, U.S. Library of Congress collection location= Surry County, Virginia lat degrees …   Wikipedia

  • Bacon — (v. engl. bacon „Speck“) bezeichnet: Frühstücksspeck im Deutschen. (2940) Bacon, einen Asteroiden des Hauptgürtels Bacon ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anne Cooke Bacon (1528–1610), englische Autorin Anthony Bacon (1558–1601),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rebellion — rebellion, revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, putsch, coup can all denote a war or an armed outbreak against a government or against powers in authority. Rebellion implies open, organized, and formidable armed resistance to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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