Question

What action by Virginia’s governor caused Bacon and his followers to attack the colonial government rather than the Native Americans?

Answer 1

The Governor refused to attack the Indian's that were attacking the settlement. Also he denied the Colonists to push any father west into Indian Land.

Answer 2

Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising in 1676. Virginia settlers directed by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley protested about Berkeley´s failure to protect the colonist´s safety.

Berkeley´s colony had a dismissive strategy regarding the western frontier, and Bacon had been left out of the governor´s inner circle. This meant Bacon wasn´t allowed into Berkeley´s fur trade with the Indians.  Finally, the Doeg American Indian attacks served as the last motivation for a popular uprising against Berkeley.