Index: Bacon's Declaration 1676

Read the articles at the following URLs. Test your knowledge by answering the questions below.

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1651-1700/bacon_rebel/bacon.htm

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1651-1700/bacon_rebel/berke.htm

Questions

1. What does Bacon see as the main transgressions of Governor Berkeley?

2. Who does Bacon think controls the Virginia government, and to what purposes?

3. Upon what standards does Bacon justify the legitimacy of his rebellion?

4. How does Governor Berkeley view the conflict with Bacon?

5. In the struggle for public opinion, which of the two makes the greater case? Why?

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