More than two hundred years have passed since the discovery of the new world. People with all kinds of backgrounds and problems have flocked across the pond to start over. Jamestown, Virginia and Salem, Massachusetts were very early settlements and perhaps two of the best-known colony names. Jamestown was known for many things, including Bacon's Rebellion. And Salem was known for a reason: the Salem witch trials. These two pieces of history reflect the tensions of the unstable society and their beliefs. Behind every piece of history there were tensions. Bacon's Rebellion took place in Jamestown, Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon. Sir William Berkeley, the royal governor of Virginia, adopted policies that favored large planters. He also angered farmers on Virginia's western frontier because he failed to protect their settlements from Indian attacks. Nathaniel Bacon was upset with Berkeley's leadership of the colony and led a rebellion against Berkeley's government. He gathered an army of volunteers and conducted a series of raids against Indian villages...