This transportation system between the nations is known as the “Atlantic World”. Many slaves from Africa were being transported to the Caribbean and Brazil. From here, slaves were then sold to the colonies in the New World. Plantations in the colonies used to the slaves to do the labor work, and slaves belonging to the wealthy represented their high-class standing. Thus, as more slaves were being sold, traded, and brought into the New World, the populations and diversity of the Americas expanded …show more content…
Bacon’s Rebellion occurred in 1767 over the issue of the land-reserved areas for the natives. Colonists were angered by the fact that land was taken away from them for the Indians. This attitude prompted a confrontation between the Indians and colonists, and promoted the colonists to order the extermination of the natives in Virginia’s western front. Berkeley, the governor, refused to act upon their request, and so the colonists took action for themselves and murdered Indians in rebellion towards him under the lead of Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon formed an army of his own who supported his ideas and promises. Eventually, Bacon and his followers burnt Jamestown to the ground, leaving him as the ruler of Virginia. In efforts to avoid another rebellion as such, the colonists reduced taxes, banned the Indian protection policies,