Virginia experienced a significant unrest in the mid-1600s when poor colonists were not receiving equal protections as the wealthy (even though they also paid taxes); event led to American government working for good of all citizens, not just the wealthy. What was this known as?

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Maia Barber

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27 October, 17:28

Virginia experienced a significant unrest in the mid-1600s when poor colonists were not receiving equal protections as the wealthy (even though they also paid taxes); event led to American government working for good of all citizens, not just the wealthy. What was this known as?

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Claire Lamb · Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is Bacon's Rebellion.

It was an event which happened in 1676 when lower classes rebelled against the system in which they were not being treated equally as the upper classes. This was the first rebellion of such nature and it lead to greater democracy in the States.