Bacon’s Manifesto Concerning the Present Troubles in Virginia, July 1676We cannot in our hearts find one single spot of rebellion or treason or that we have in any manner aimed at subverting the settled government…All people in all places where we have yet been can attest our civil, quiet, peaceable behavior far different from that of rebellion…Let truth be bold authority and favor to whose hands the dispensation of the country’s wealth has been committed. Let us observe the sudden rise of their estates… compared with the quality in which they first entered this country. Let us consider their sudden advancement. And let us also consider whether any public work for our safety and defense or for the advancement and propagation of trade, liberal arts or sciences in any (way) adequate to our vast charge.Now let us compare these things together and see what sponges have sucked up the public treasure and whether it has not been privately contrived away by unworthy favorites and juggling parasites whose tottering fortunes have been repaired and supported at the public charge.British National Archives, Colonial State Papers. Catalogue Reference: CO 1/37, No. 51; Calendar Reference: Item 1031, Vol 9 (1675-1676), p. 448-449.The ideas presented in this Manifesto most closely mirror which of the following?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAJohn Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry.BThe Stono Rebellion.CNat Turner’s Rebellion.DShays' Rebellion.

Discuss the significance of Bacon's Rebellion upon American history as it applies to race relations in colony of Virginia during after the rebellion. Explain how slavery forms the cornerstone of British American society in the eighteenth century.

Read the following excerpt from a 1775 speech by Patrick Henry in which he presents his ideas concerning the American colonists' relationship with Great Britain:Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!What is most likely the author's purpose in this section of the speech?A.To build a sense of trust with his audienceB.To suggest the need to sue for peaceC.To rationalize the need to resort to warD.To reflect upon the challenges enduredSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

George Washington to James Madison Jr., November 5, 1786"Without some alteration in our political creed, the superstructure we have been seven years raising at the expence of so much blood and treasure, must fall. We are fast verging to anarchy and confusion!...A letter which I have just received from Gen. Knox, who had just returned from Massachusetts (whither he had been sent by Congress consequent of the commotion in that State) is replete with melancholy information of the temper, and designs of a considerable part of that people...What stronger evidence can be given of the want of energy in our governments than these disorders? If there exists not a power to check them, what security has a man for life, liberty, or property? To you, I am sure I need not add aught on this subject, the consequences of a lax, or inefficient government, are too obvious to be dwelt on. Thirteen Sovereignties pulling against each other, and all tugging at the federal head will soon bring ruin on the whole; whereas a liberal, and energetic Constitution, well guarded and closely watched, to prevent incroachments, might restore us to that degree of respectability and consequence, to which we had a fair claim, and the brightest prospect of attaining.""From George Washington to James Madison, 5 November 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-04-02-0299. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 4, 2 April 1786 – 31 January 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 331–332].Which of the following aspects of the U.S. Constitution MOST satisfied Washington's concern that "If there exists not a power to check them, what security has a man for life, liberty, or property"?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe House of RepresentativesBThe Electoral CollegeCThe Bill of RightsDCongress's power to declare war

Which of the following most inspired the inclusion in the Declaration of Independence of the right of the people to revolt against a tyrannical government? A. the English Bill of Rights B. Montesquieu's De l'esprit des Lois (Spirit of Laws) C. Locke's Second Treatise D. the Virginia House of Burgesses

What written statement explaining the colonies' position to its own citizens, Great Britain, and the world?Magna CarterArticles of ConfederationMayflower CompactDeclaration of Independence