1. NC Rebellions

2. Bacon’s Rebellion Culpepper Rebellion Cary Rebellion Tuscarora War
Rebellions/Conflict
Bacon’s Rebellion
Culpepper Rebellion
Cary Rebellion
Tuscarora War

3. Colonial Government and Rebellion
Few could vote
Only men
White, 21 years old
Property owners (50 acres)

4. 1. Bacon’s Rebellion
1676 in the Virginia Colony
Nathaniel Bacon – Planter from England
Angry with Governor Berkeley

5. Bacon’s Rebellion
1676: Greed in Virginia for rich farmlands pushes settlers into conflict with natives
Settlers desire to move onto treaty- protected lands
29 year-old Nathaniel Bacon petitions gov’t to approve war with natives

6. Bacon’s Rebellion
Unhappy about low tobacco prices, limits on voting rights, rule by an aristocratic minority, and lack of protection from the Native Americans

7. Bacon’s Rebellion
Governor refuses, Bacon attacks anyway
Eventually, Bacon sees the Gov’t as a obstacle
Bacon wages war on the gov’t and burns down the capital (Jamestown)
Bacon dies of dysentery, rebellion eventually fades out
Largely unsuccessful, but Berkeley (governor) did step down

8. 2. Culpeper’s Rebellion 1677 – rebellion against the Navigation Acts
Monopolized colonial trade for England (only English merchants and ships to England)
Tariffs/Export Taxes placed on colonial products
Tobacco was usually shipped to Boston and other goods to the West Indies

9. The Vestry Act and Test Act
3. Cary’s Rebellion
The Vestry Act and Test Act
Designed to ensure Anglican rule
Vestry Act – new tax used to build Anglican Churches
Test Act – elected officials must swear on bible to uphold Anglican faith

10. Quakers, Lutherans, and Catholics
All offended and angered
Quakers protest by petitioning Lord Proprietors
Thomas Cary (Governor) is fired, Edward Hyde replaced him
Attempts to enforce acts

11. Cary’s Rebellion
Cary supported Quakers and religious dissenters
Hoped to get his job back
Elections held (1708), Cary wins!
– Cary allows Quakers to hold office without swearing

12. Thomas Cary

13. English Response Cary replaced with Hyde
Cary sailed on Pamlico, fired on Hyde’s home
Caused major disruption in Carolina, represented a diminished role for Quakers in state politics

14. 4. Tuscarora
Native American territory to west
Used as slaves by colonists
Population decline from 120,000 to 16,000 in a century
New technology = guns, glass beads, clothing, alcohol, etc..

16. Buildup to War 1711 – New Bern settled in Tuscarora territory
John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenreid and an African slave leave on expedition into Tuscarora territory
Captured, Lawson killed – others were released later

17. Tuscarora decide to try to push Europeans out of Carolina Grievances:
The Tuscarora War
Tuscarora decide to try to push Europeans out of Carolina
Grievances:
Kidnapping and enslaving their people
Alcohol
Cheated during trade
Poor treatment by Europeans

18. The Tuscarora War
Native Americans attack Bath County
Plan to destroy all plantation
Hundreds killed (even children)
Women and children taken as slaves
Dead left for dogs and vultures

19. Results
NC calls for aid from South Carolina and Virginia
1713 – South Carolina responds with Catawba and Yamassee Indians
Tuscarora defeated at Ft. Neoheroka
1000 were killed/enslaved, forced out of NC to NY