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 * [[image:Bacon_confronts_the_Governor.jpg caption="Nathaniel Bacon confronts William Berkeley about attacking the Native Americans (North Wind Pictures Archives)."]] || [[image:Virginians_battle_Native_Americans.jpg align="center" caption="Nathaniel Bacon leads Virginians in an attack on Native Americans in 1676 (Library of Congress Image)."]] ||

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**Burning of Jamestown, VA Results from Rebellious Farmers**
Bacon’s Rebellion, the first defiance of the English rule, took place the summer of 1676. Local Jamestown settlers lost their patience with Great Britain’s rules and laws. They were also frustrated with Virginia Governor William Berkeley because he had made friendly decisions relations to Native Americans that the farmers did not support, like not displacing Natives even though it could be close to a settler’s village.

N athaniel Bacon, a planter himself, demanded that Governor William Berkeley must allow him to attack the Native Americans because they ruined his town’s farms. Bacon was very frustrated with the governor's stance on Indian raids,so he disobeyed Berkeley’s orders and led a group of settlers in an attack against the Native Americans. When Berkeley heard about the farmers’ victory over the Native Americans, he grew very angry and denounced Bacon’s group as traitors and rebels because they formed a group and attacked without his permission. “I will add noe more though much more is still remaineing to Justifie me and condemne Mr. Bacon” (World History). Bacon made a “Declaration in the name of the people of Virginia,” saying that Berkeley (and a list of people) were also traitors and the people of Virginia want elections about colonial decisions. The rebellious men carried out many more marches including a march that lead to the burning of Jamestown. Throughout the past summer, Berkeley and Bacon continued to lose relations. In October of 1676, Bacon unexpectedly died, from dysentery as some suspect, and the group fell apart. Bacon died when the rebellion was not over. Soon after his death, the other leaders of his group were hanged.

The word about rebelling against English rule and creating an independent, self-government is quickly spreading. Many can sense that a war between Britain and the colonies in the future.

__Works Cited__ Stevenson, Keira. "Bacon's Rebellion." Toledo, Ohio: Great Neck Publishing, 2009. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. .

 "William Berkeley: Declaration on Bacon's Rebellion (1676)." // World History: The Modern Era //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 21 Sept. 2011. ** •identify the author's name and the date of the publication (in the past) **
 * Task 1: Mastery Rubric **
 * A quality news article will: **
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**TASK II ** What is the Argument?

Government should exist to protect the people and allow them to have an impact and say regarding political issues. PROMPT 1: Why did the majority of Americans not recognize the rights of members of this group?

Nathaniel Bacon, a planter, along with almost one thousand Virginian farmers were very frustrated with their state governor, William Berkeley, so they revolted against the government and attacked the Native Americans. The rebels did not agree with the friendly policies Berkeley was offering the Native Americans and how the government put their relations with the Indians above the farmers, who felt unprotected and vulnerable to Indian attacks, therefore they took it a step further by attacking the Indians and ruining all relations they had. Jaime Olivares and Spencer Tucker, both certified in teaching history, say that Virginia worked on peace treaties with the Native American tribes in trying to heal their broken relationship caused by all the wars and battles. The feeling of being unprotected and separated from the government that many Virginians felt caused centuries of conflict. All the settlers wanted was the Native Americans’ land and Andrew Frank, writer of the article, “American Indian Wars,” says that the struggle was to conquer and claim the inhabited territory of North America. The government did not give Nathaniel Bacon and his men the full protection from the Native Americans because there were friendly policies between them that were important to Berkeley.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Works Cited: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Olivares, Jaime Ramon, and Spencer C. Tucker. "Bacon's Rebellion: North Colonial Wars." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Frank, Andrew. "American Indian Wars," World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.

<span style="color: #220202; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">PROMPT 2: How did advocates for the minority group shed light on this injustice? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Nathaniel Bacon and his followers exposed the injustice of the government failing to protect the people and allow them to have political power by assaulting the Native Americans who were invading and sabotaging their farms and writing a declaration. When Bacon’s group did not agree with William Berkeley’s, the state governor, outreaching and friendly policies towards the Indians, they took matters upon themselves by attacking the Native Americans and forming a declaration about the wrong doings Berkeley had committed in their opinions. “ For having protected, favored, and emboldened the Indians against his Majesty’s loyal subjects, never contriving, requiring, or appointing, any due or proper means of satisfaction for their many invasions, robberies, and murders committed upon us” (“Nathaniel Bacon: declaration in the name of the people of Virginia…” 1). This statement made by Bacon’s rebellious group and the people of Virginia was the major reason why Bacon and his men attacked. “Nathaniel Bacon, leader of the rebellion, attacked Jamestown and burned it” (“Jamestown” 2). Since Jamestown was the statehouse at the time, the burning of it caused the word about revolting got out. The declaration, burning of the statehouse, and attacking the Indians caused the rebellious attitude to spread rapidly.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Works Cited: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"Jamestown." Compton's by Britannica, v 6.0. 2009. eLibrary. Web. 19 Sep. 2011 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"Nathaniel Bacon: declaration in the name of the people of Virginia (1676)." World History: The Modern Era. ABC- CLIO, 2011. Web 21 Sept. 2011.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**TASK III:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**I need protection** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**By: XTC** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Oh, I need protection

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Nothing is safe and, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Nothing is truly sacred, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">If you want to stay alive, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Keep your body from the undertakers.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sing out!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Oh, I need protection.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Have you ever had a threat? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Have you ever had [call / cold] [pause to make] stare? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">You can see it on tv, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">From the pleasing safety of your armchair.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sing out!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Oh, I need protection.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">When it slap you in the face, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Will you take [down] [far / barth] to consi? der <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">What will you do, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">When he says to you, stand, deliver?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Will you take to your heels, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">And fight to brazen your features? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Yeah, it wont go away, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">With just one click of your fingers.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sing out!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Oh, I need protection <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Protection

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">__Paragraph 1:__ Analyze the impact of the literary or artistic work for the minority group and/or American society as a whole. The band XTC's song, "I need protection," expresses how many Americans felt during the 1670's, the time around Bacon's Rebellion. Virginian farmers lived day to day in fear of Indian attacks since they lived in Native American territory and were frustrated that the government was not giving them the protection they and voice they deserved. In Keira Stevenson's article "Bacon's Rebellion," she describes how the farmers' farms were attacked by the Native Americans and William Berkeley, the Virginian governor, refused to help them. Bacon's men and other non-rebellious people that lived near Indian territory felt unprotected after the government chose to put their Indian relations above their lives. In the band XTC's song. the verse " Oh, I need protection, nothing is truly safe and, nothing is truly sacred," Bacon's men wanted a protective <range type="comment" id="143062">government that was safe and sacred, which was not the way it was in America at the time since they were under a monarchy from England. All the feelings going on during and after Bacon's rebellion was mostly the need for protection, which perfectly is shown in the song, "I need protection." Works Cited: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">XTC. "Xtc- I Need Protection Lyrics." //Lyrics Time { The Great Lyrics Provider }//. 2002. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. <http://www.lyricstime.com/xtc-i-need-protection-lyrics.html>. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Stevenson, Keira. "Bacon's Rebellion." Toledo, Ohio: Great Neck Publishing, 2009. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. <http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=3>.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">__Paragraph 2:__ CLOSING-- How did the event impact the debate on the argument? The impact of feeling unprotected and wanting a government with a voice, unlike the monarchy from England they were controlled by, quickly spread throughout the country. Although Nathaniel Bacon died soon after one of his many rebellious actions, another took over and more groups came to be. In Jaime Ramon and Spencer C. Tucker's article, "Bacon's Rebellion: North American Colonial Wars,"they write about how the governor had to focus on just the uprisings, which caused the rebellious actions to die down. The fact that all of the governor's concern was about the uprisings occurring means it must have been a major worry. Even though numerous uprisings slowed down after Berkeley's firm hand, Andrew Frank wrote in his article, "American Indian Wars," that the discussions of Bacon's Rebellion might have been a precursor to the Indian War (1676-1677) and possibly the Revolutionary War. Bacon's Rebellion introduced an idea of new and greater government they were striving for, and this idea is what gave America a strong country and allowed everyone to be fully protected and have a voice to this day. Works Cited: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Olivares, Jaime Ramon, and Spencer C. Tucker. "Bacon's Rebellion: North Colonial Wars." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Frank, Andrew. "American Indian Wars," World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">An outstanding product will. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•showcase a work that expresses a profound idea about your event and the argument surrounding it <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">**You've made a logical connection here** <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•be the **best** example available, not simply the first one you find <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•demonstrate your ability to interpret the meaning of the literary or artistic piece <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">**Can you show a bit more about the meaning?** <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•use the extended power paragraph format as a means to express your understanding of the event, argument, and how art literature and art <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">can reveal emotions and ideas <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•reference sources accurately <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•mechanics are clean and effective <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">**Be sure to note the red underline, it indicates errors** ** Rubric for the Time Line Page ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">An outstanding time line entry includes the following: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">• Opens by identifying you, the author, and your event with a banner headline (see an example of a banner on the top of this page). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">• Under the banner, in the table place two graphics or photos that illustrates an important aspect of the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">• Thoughtful responses to each prompt are supported by credible sources representing diverse perspectives on the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">• Each response should be posted in order (follow template instructions), contain few mechanic errors and follow the power paragraph format. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">• The credibility of each cited source is established and internal citations accurately match the Works Cited.• TASK I and TASK II each introduce and cite two new sources; TASK III cites one new source.• The Works Cited lists 5 credible sources from the LC databases.
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