Bacon's Laws were a series of reform measures that were passed in thecolonial assembly ofVirginia afterNathaniel Bacon invadedJamestown on June 23, 1676, and had forced royal GovernorWilliam Berkeley and the Assembly to grant him a commission to fight the Indians.[1] The laws gave white male settlers a voice in setting local taxes; forbade officeholders from demanding additional fees for performing the duties of the office; restricted the number of offices an individual man could hold; required officeholders to be Virginia-born or resident in the colony for three years; and restored voting rights to all freemen. The aim of the reforms was to put more power in the hands of local men and to limit the practice of a small number of privileged outsiders monopolizing offices and enriching themselves at the expense of Virginians.[2]
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