Bacons

Revolution, and has many plausible causes; mainly, the oppression of a single autocrat.

William Berkley, the governor, treated the new settlers of Virginia with disrespect and

contempt. The new settlers, more casually referred to as Piedmonts, were unrepresented

in the political system due to the scarcity of elections for representatives in Virginia.

Although Berkley had agreed to protect the Indian territory, he had to repudiate that

promise due to the increasing population of settlers. The settlers had to expand westward

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