In this lecture, Professor Totten argues the expansion of colonial Virginia led to further conflicts with native tribes, which culminated in English dominance of Southeast Virginia after 1642. Due to Virginia's rural plantations, it was highly decentralized, lacked any formal education system, and was dominated by the wealthy planters. Their abuse of indentured servants, the corruption of the courts, and the actions of royal governors, led to Bacon's Rebellion. After the rebellion, the Virginia gentry learned a valuable lesson. To slowly switch from indentured servants to African slaves, and divide the lower classes with white supremacist ideologies to prevent biracial alliances against elite power. The result, was the rise of African slavery in the colony.

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