Politics in Colonial America - Essay Example

Sir William Berkeley, The Governor, Virginia Mr. , 15.07.1663 Sir, I am writing this letter to let you know the difficulties the indigenous people of Virginia suffer from colonists and their non commissioned leader Mr. Nathaniel Bacon. So far, we were looked up on with mercy by the Governor. But Mr. Nathaniel Bacon approaches us with hostility and calls us his enemy. We the poor peasants of this area have never agitated against the British rule. This is not because we do not believe in the sovereignty and supremacy of our country, but only because we believe in universal brotherhood and fraternity.

We are now fed up with economic and social problems simultaneously. The price of tobacco has declined due to constant wars and we are facing cutthroat commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas. Moreover the English manufactured products are high priced and so we can’t afford to buy them. All these cause serious problems that our very basic existence will be difficult if the situation continues. Mr. Bacon’s hostile attitude has taken the lives of our so many of our colleagues.

In his expedition to our villages he ruthlessly plunders our homes and destroys our cultivated lands. Mr. Bacon knows that it is not we who are behind the slashing of the prices of tobacco products. We too do suffer terribly from this and still made scapegoats of this ill-fated incident. Our only request to the Queen is to call back Mr. Bacon and provide us the opportunity to live peacefully in our own villages. It will be nice of you, if you take swift and sure actions to address our pathetic conditions made with the arrival of this non commissioned leader.

Yours Sincerely, References Bacon’s Rebellion. Globalsecurity.org. web 18 June 2011 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/bacon.htm