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What caused Bacon's rebellion?
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VerifiedBacon's Rebellion was caused by conflict between Virginia's poor frontier settlers and the wealthier plantation farmers and government officials. After a conflict with Native Americans, a group of frontier settlers requested military assistance from Governor Berkeley, who refused. The angry settlers, lead by Nathaniel Bacon, formed an army and marched on Jamestown to confront the government leaders. Bacon's Rebellion exemplifies the vast divide between wealthy landowners and the poor settlers who lived on the frontier of the colony. Since they didn't own any land, these settlers did not have any representation in the House of Burgesses. The settlers resented paying taxes without representation.
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