"If virtue be a sin, if piety be guilt... let us with thanksgiving, accept the indictment... I am accused of being a traitor... but I have done what I have done for the country and the people." — Nathaniel Bacon, "Declaration of the People," 1676
The map and excerpt together suggest that Bacon's Rebellion most directly reflected which conflict?
- A
Disputes between French settlers and English colonists
- B
A religious schism between Anglicans and Puritans
- C
Slave rebellions led by enslaved Africans against masters
- Dcheck_circle
Tensions between western frontier settlers and the eastern planter elite
Explanation
The map situates Bacon's supporters on the frontier against Berkeley's Tidewater establishment, and Bacon's words frame the conflict as commoners against a corrupt gentry.