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Compare And Contrast Bacon's Rebellion And Stono Rebellion
FRQ Between 1676 and 1739 there were a lot of rebellions, uprisings, wars, and revolts in colonial America. Two specific rebellions are Bacon’s Rebellion, which occurred in 1676, and the Stono Rebellion, which occurred in 1739. These two rebellions were caused by pent up anger and tension between slaves and indentured servants and white people. Both Bacon’s Rebellion and the Stono Rebellion were the cause of Native American and Slave tensions.
Bacon’s Rebellion started when the Susquehannock people of the upper Potomac River had a conflict with the tobacco planters expanding outward from Virginia. Violent raids led by Nathaniel Bacon, led to the massacre of natives. This rebellion highlighted a developing conflict between frontier districts

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