Rebellion on the Chesapeake: America's First Revolution in 1676

A century before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a handful of events-a dishonest deal with a native tribe, a retaliatory raid gone wrong, a colonist's death, a corrupt government that fails to defend its people-become the seeds of revolution in the colony of Virginia.

Publisher Marketing: Acknowledgements Map: 1675 Colony of Virginia Map: 1676 Warriors' Trail Part 1 Chapter 1--The Dogue Attack Chapter 2--Virginia's Revenge Chapter 3--Eagleton and Green Spring Plantations Chapter 4--Curles Neck Plantation Chapter 5--The Council of Advisors Chapter 6--Little Hunting and Piscataway Creeks Chapter 7--The English Arrive Chapter 8--The Siege of Fort Piscataway Part 2 Chapter 9--The Susquehannocks' Revenge Chapter 10--Wannis Seeks Peace Chapter 11--The General Assembly Chapter 12--Death of the Overseer Chapter 13--Attack on the Occoneechee Chapter 14--Bacon's Arrest Chapter 15--The Reform Assembly Part 3 Chapter 16--The Assumption of Government Chapter 17--The Siege of Jamestown Chapter 18--The Revolution Falters Chapter 19--Chaos Chapter 20--Berkeley's Revenge Chapter 21--The King's Men Arrive Chapter 22--The King's Reaction Chapter 23--Epilogue Author's Note List of Characters Select Bibliography Publisher Marketing : When Wannis, a Dogue warrior, steals a planter's pigs after the man cheats him, things spiral out of control. George Mason retaliates and wipes out his tribe, while John Lucas, under Colonel John Washington, lays siege to a nearby Susquehannock fort. The tribal elders emerge under a flag of truce and are slaughtered in cold blood. The fierce Susquehannocks vow revenge and launch a year of violence and carnage along the Chesapeake Bay. Hundreds of colonists are massacred. Thomas Swann urges the governor, Sir William Berkeley, to protect the people, but he refuses. Overtaxed by a corrupt system, the colonists rebel and oust their governor from power exactly 100 years before the American Revolution. What role do the ancestors of the founding fathers play in the first independence of 1676? Why are these events of extraordinary bravery, but also betrayal, shrouded in secrecy? The tale will captivate and astound you. Contributor Bio: Crabbe, Carolin a Carolin Crabbe is a development economist who worked in over forty countries during her career, providing essential projects and services to low income groups. Upon retiring, she returns to one of her primary loves: American history and the historical novel. Although published in the field of finance and economics, this work is her first in the genre of historical fiction. She lives in Washington DC and knows the Chesapeake Bay and the sites where the action of this story takes place extremely well.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 292 | Publication Date: 2017-05-17