Chapter 4-7 Quiz

Question 1

Causes of Bacons Rebellion

Answer 1

The Virginia assembly disfranchised many homeless jobless men in 1670, sending them to the backcountry. Virginia Governor William Berkeley also refused to retaliate against Native American attacks, angering colonials.

Question 2

Bacons Rebellion

Answer 2

Led by Nathaniel Bacon in 1676, Bacon and rebels massacred local Native Americans, then proceeded to chase Berkeley from Jamestown. Rebellion was supressed once Bacon died of disease.

Question 3

Effects of Bacons Rebellion

Answer 3

Bacon had awoken the resentments of landless former servants, and put the frontiersmen against the plantation owners. Plantation owners turned to slaves in search of less troublesome laborers.

Question 4

Middle Passage

Answer 4

Transatlantic voyage slaves had to endure as they were taken from Africa to the colonies. The ships were tightly packed, with death rates as high as 20%