In 1676, the colony of Virginia experienced the first of many American civil wars, called Bacon's Rebellion. The rebellion was between the governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkley and local plantation owner Nathaniel Bacon. The rebellion was caused by many different reasons, starting with social unrest in the colony. “There was no single cause of Bacon's rebellion. Rather, the simmering discontent of the people [of Virginia] came to a head with the Indian raids and the governor's apparent reluctance to take decisive action against them.” First, due to a change in England's trade policies, prices of Virginia's main crop, tobacco, were depressed, resulting in economic instability. Secondly, the colonists were agitated because, furthermore, in his attempt to avenge the death of the colonists, he not only pursued and attacked hostile enemies, but also friendly and passive natives. This caused friction in the relationship with many friendly natives with whom the Virginia colony had previously done fur trading business. Furthermore, after being denied the commission to attack the natives, Bacon took it upon himself to forcefully obtain the governor's permission by threatening his life. Finally, Berkeley's supporters believed that Bacon had ulterior motives for leading the revolt. They believed that Bacon used the rebellion for his own personal gain, to monopolize the Native American fur trade, and to usurp Berkeley and take the governor's seat for. Instead of a single catalyst, there were many events that contributed to the rise of the rebellion, ranging from economic instability and harsh relations with neighbors to government monopolies and underrepresented masses. Bacon's Rebellion succeeded in removing Berkeley and all existing government employees from office, but only temporarily. Bacon died of dysentery shortly after claiming the title of governor. After his death, his group lost control of the government and power was returned to Governor Berkeley. However, after Berkeley regained the title, he was promptly relieved of his duties and sent back to England. Due to all the power struggles, unrest, and chaos in the British-owned American colonies, England decided to rule New England with a harsher fist, which ultimately led to the colonists seeking freedom from England in American Revolution of 1775. More immediately, the rebellion made the elite class fear a revolt by the “unstable landless class” or newly freed indentured slaves. This fear caused them to forego the importation of indentured servants and to rely excessively on the African slave trade. Their reasoning was that slaves could never gain freedom, so they could never become a threat. This event was the cause of the American movement that would appear in 1954, the African American Civil Rights