Bacon's Rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land. Which group did they target?

Bacon's Rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land. Which group did they target?

• A. Native Americans
• B. French colonists
• C. Spanish colonists
• D. Dutch settlers

Answer: (A)

Frontier expansion and conflict over land drive this scenario. Bacon's Rebellion emerged when backcountry farmers in Virginia pressed for more land and greater protection from Native American raids, opposing the colonial government’s policies. In the scramble for land, the rebels targeted Native American tribes living on or near the frontier, trying to push them out to gain access to their lands. The other groups mentioned—French colonists, Spanish colonists, and Dutch settlers—were not occupying the Virginia frontier as the immediate land-hungry target of this uprising, so they don’t fit the situation described.

Frontier expansion and conflict over land drive this scenario. Bacon's Rebellion emerged when backcountry farmers in Virginia pressed for more land and greater protection from Native American raids, opposing the colonial government’s policies. In the scramble for land, the rebels targeted Native American tribes living on or near the frontier, trying to push them out to gain access to their lands. The other groups mentioned—French colonists, Spanish colonists, and Dutch settlers—were not occupying the Virginia frontier as the immediate land-hungry target of this uprising, so they don’t fit the situation described.