Asked by Allyson Ykimoff on May 19, 2024
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How did Bacon's Rebellion accelerate Virginia's shift from using indentured servants to enslaved Africans as the main labor force?
A) Most English people went back to England.
B) Virginia's ruling elite executed all the indentured servants who took part in the rebellion.
C) Virginia's ruling elite sought to avert a further rise of a rebellious population of landless former indentured servants.
D) Bacon had outlawed indentured servitude.
E) Virginia's ruling elite decided to shift the staple crop from tobacco to sugar.
Bacon's Rebellion
A 1676 uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government of Virginia, motivated by disputes over Native American policy and governance.
Indentured Servants
Individuals who were contracted to work for a certain period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for passage to the New World, room, and board.
Enslaved Africans
Africans forcibly taken from their home continent to be sold into slavery, primarily in the Americas, experiencing brutal conditions and injustice.
- Evaluate the effects of key conflicts and rebellions on colonial policies and labor practices, including the shift from indentured servitude to slavery.
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Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the effects of key conflicts and rebellions on colonial policies and labor practices, including the shift from indentured servitude to slavery.
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