Bacon's Rebellion Outline 2

I. Colonists mistreated Native Americans before Bacon’s Rebellion
A. Land
1. Colonial governments told/assigned Native Americans to live on certain pieces of land.
2. All the land that colonies were living on were originally the Native Americans’.
3. Treaties were signed by Native Americans, giving the land to colonists, sometimes without them knowing what it meant.
B. Colonial government used Native Americans
1. Some Native Americans were used as spies, scouts, and used in their militia.
2. Peace treaties between Native Americans and colonists were often made then broken by colonists once they got what they wanted.
3. Berkeley wanted peace with Native Americans so that it wouldn’t affect trade with them. This was the only reason he wouldn’t allow commissions for attacks against them.
C. Prejudice and mistrust
1. Colonists didn’t trust native tribes, even the ones they were on good terms with.
2. Colonists attacked and slaughtered the Native Americans if they didn’t like how they acted.
II. Colonists mistreated Native Americans during Bacon’s Rebellion
A. Raids and attacks
1. Bacon and his forces attacked tribes in the area without permission from the government.
2. Slaughtered tribes suffered heavy losses, including the loss of wise men and chiefs.
3. Bacon and his forces even attacked tribes they got along with and never harmed colonists.
III. Colonists mistreated Native Americans after Bacon’s Rebellion
A. Native American living arrangements
1. Native Americans were placed in towns and settlements, by colonial governments, which separated them from the colonists.
2. Towns were natives were living were used by colonies as a defense blockage in case they were attacked.
3. Native Americans were forced to live on islands in Boston Harbor with no means to provide for themselves.
B. Colonists control over Native Americans
1. Colonists forced tribes to provide them with warriors for their militia. Some of the tribes that were being asked had suffered heavy losses from Bacon’s Rebellion.
2. Natives forced to live elsewhere by colonists.
C. Attacks on Native Americans
1. Colonists accused and tried natives of crimes that they didn’t commit.
2. Colonists attacked Native Americans both physically and verbally using racists attacks against them.
3. Almost daily, Native Americans who were loyal to colonists were attacked, humiliated, and abused.