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Born into a weathyfamily at Sulfolk, Great Britain.
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After being sent to Virginia after being accused of cheating someone for his inheritance of wealth from parents, he gains an plantation near the capitol of Coloniel America, Jamestown.
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After attacks carried out by natives that even killed some of his employees, he requests for a retaliation attack to be carried out but was denied by the governer of Virginia, Berkley.
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After being denied, he gathered a force of 400-500 men and set out to attack native villages himself.
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Bacon released a dramatic Decloration of the People which he said that he was working for the king since Governer Berkley of Virginia failed to stop native attacks.
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After being called a tratior by Berkley, he and his men push Berkley's forces out of Jamestown and burn the entire city to the ground.
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Bacon and his entire movement of resisting Berkley's wishes to trade with the attacking the Native Americans dominate the entire colony of Virginia.
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Suddenly dies of dysentery and it cripples the rebellion.
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After Bacon's death, the rebellion quickly crumbled with the aid of a small fleet and 1,000 troops from Britain.
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Virginia is recaptured by Berkley and ironically, almost everything returns to the way it was before the uprising.
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Ater seeing the first rebellion in the colonies, the king of England decides to relieve Berkley of his duties and recall him to England for a more capable governer to take contol.
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The Washington family moves to the Virginia colony and land that was once controlled by the first American rebel leader would now belong to the greatest rebel leader in American history, George Washington.
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