After a months time, Nathaniel Bacon died of the "Bloody Flux" and "Lousey Disease." Many reasons have contributed to this rebellion. Some seem to be direct reasons and others indirectly responsible.
Early settlers were in competition for political and social power. This made the people of the area extremely irritant as times began to get progressively worse. A prosperous economy might have counteracted unstable political and social conditions. "Chronic overproduction of an inferior quality of tobacco, aggravated by restrictive features of the Navigation Acts, drove the price of tobacco down. Expensive experimentation with methods of diversifying the economy and the need for defense measures against the Dutch and the Indians resulted in high taxes." (Galenet.com) With the farmers who owned large plantations growing tobacco, it was extremely frustrating to only get small amounts of money for producing large amounts of crops. This left them with nothing to do but receive small payments for the tobacco and slowly build up frustration towards the mother country of England.
The fight for political reform against Governor Berkeley and England was a major influence in Bacon's Rebellion. The right to vote is a small but crucial part of a democracy. During the first half of the 17th century, farmers on the plantations in Virginia were not able to exercise their right to vote. The only people that were able to vote during this time were the wealthy men who owned land. Nathaniel Bacon was one of the few that got to exercise a vote due to his ownership of land. His voting privileges came from family ties to Governor Berkeley. As the revolt started, Governor Berkeley was quick to remove Bacon's rights to vote and called him a rebel. Overall, the colonists had not been treated fairly. They had been over taxed and denied their voting rights. To them voting meant that the person they elected was the person they felt was responsible enough to motivate them and support them.