Both William Berkely and Nathaniel Bacon incited the event known as Bacon's Rebellion

I. Nathaniel Bacon was a trouble maker in England.
--A.He got kicked out of Cambridge for fraud.
----1.http://www.answers.com/topic/nathaniel-bacon, "Nathaniel Bacon was born on Jan. 2, 1647, at Friston Hall, Suffolk, England. He was the only son of Thomas Bacon, a wealthy landowner....'blackhair'd and of an ominous, pensive melancholy Aspect … not much given to talk, … of a most imperious and dangerous Pride of heart, despising the wiser of his neighbours for their Ignorance, and very ambitious and arrogant.' These traits of character were evident in Bacon's withdrawal from Cambridge without completing a degree. Upon his marriage to Elizabeth Duke,the bride's father rejected the match and disinherited his daughter....Shortly thereafter, the impetuous Bacon became involved in a scheme to defraud an acquaintance."
------a.This is relevant because it sets a precedent for civil disobedience.

II. Berkeley was not allowing for a re-election of government officials.
--A.Berkeley put into affect many taxes benefiting only "Grandees", and he stayed in office from 1661 to 1676.
----1. I am looking for the source where I found this information.
------a. If this was the precedent of the time, he was asking for the common people to be unhappy.

III. Bacon's motive was to kill the natives, not to protect the common people.
--A.Bacon formed an "extra-legal band of over 500 men, without commission." "Bacon proclaimed his 'Design not only to ruine and extirpate all Indians in Generall but all Manner of Trade and Commerce with them'"
----1. I will be using information from Puglisi's essay on Indian repression, on page 77, paragraph 2. I will also be using information from the history book, from page 91.
------a. If Bacon only wanted to attack the natives, then he was tricking the common people.

IV.Berkely declared Bacon a traitor only to discredit him with the people, and possibly to hid his dipping into public funds.
--A. He declared him a traitor only when he denounced the government, not before he had attacked the natives.
----1. I will look in Puglisi's essay. Evidence found in the quote from the book, "Bacon also urged the colonists to 'see what spounges have suckt up the Publique Treasure'...Hoping to maintain the fragile peace on the frontier in 1676, Governor Berkeley pronounced Bacon a rebel".
------a. Since he declared him a traitor only when he was intimidated, it shows that he was only willing to act once he was in danger of losing total control of the government.

V. Bacon's Rebellion can be tied into today with modern day politics.
--A. One side will always think that they are right on all accounts, while the other will disagree with almost everything, and both sidtes will try to turn the population against the other.
----1. CNN news, on going.
------a. Both Obama and McCain are trying to turn the people of America against the other faction using negative adds and attacks on the other candidates leadership capabilities.