It was touched off by the jailing of Thomas Miller and the attempted jailing of Thomas Eastchurch, two diehard supporters of the Proprietors.
It was touched off by the jailing of Thomas Miller and the attempted jailing of Thomas Eastchurch, two diehard supporters of the Proprietors. The primary culprit of the early violence was the new Council leader, John Jenkins, who was supported by local political boss George Durant and the event's namesake. That namesake was defended at his trial by Anthony Ashley Cooper after he had been arrested for treason upon arriving in England. Its primary cause was tensions in Albemarle County that grew out of the recent Navigation Acts. FTP, name this 1670s colonial rebellion in North Carolina.
It was touched off by the jailing of Thomas Miller and the attempted jailing of Thomas Eastchurch, two diehard supporters of the Proprietors.
{Culpeper’s} Rebellion