Sunday, October 12, 2008

Bacon's Rebellion Outline 1

Effects of rebellion on Native Americans before and after:

1. Introduction
2. How colonists/Native Americans were treated/mistreated before: they say
· Berkeley wanted peace with N.A.
· Berkeley favored/protected them more than colonists (didn’t protect colonists from them, wouldn’t allow rebellion)= lost favor among colonists
· Native Americans would often attack/raid colonies= government did nothing
· Government gave colonists higher taxes= made colonists angry
3. How colonists/Native Americans were treated/mistreated before: I say
· Colonists were prejudiced against them= treated them like animals
· Colonists feigned friendship with N.A. if they wanted something, then slaughtered them afterwards
· Colonists begged for protection against N.A. from government= each time they were refused
· Berkeley used N.A. as spies
4. How treatment changed or differed after rebellion: they say
· What colonists were fighting for/against (taxes, protection from N.A. etc.) didn’t change
· Government became more controlling over colonists
· Tensions were higher= colonists/planters/government more fearful of rebellions from slaves, indentured servants, N.A.= did whatever they could to prevent it from happening again
· Most colonists hardly trusted any N.A. anymore
5. How treatment changed or differed after rebellion: I say
· Colonists became more controlling over N.A., took more of their land
· Colonists forced N.A. off of their land to islands where they had no means to provide for themselves
· Colonists even mistreated the N.A that were always kind to them
· Most N.A. didn’t try to fight back while being mistreated
6. Conclusion

1 comment:

Craig McKenney said...

You don't need to have the intro or the conclusion on here yet. It is pointless until the body has been written. Even then, you'll focus on the body. So you can cut those.

"Before" what? Before the Rebellion? Be specific in word choice.

I'm not sure, according to this, what the conversation is: it seems like point 2 (they say) is simply factual/ not much disagreement. So what is the main point here?

I also don't see an interpretation or a new way of viewing the material in point 3. You seem to echo what's already there...?

Points 4 and 5 are oddly placed -- I don't get why you've organized it this way...????