Outline

Thesis Nathaniel Bacon Jr was a savior to the poor and recently freed colonists, but only at the price of being a traitor to William Berkeley and the rich plantation owners.

I. In the intro paragraph I will pose the question of whether Bacon is a hero or a traitor to his country, backing this with sources posing both sides of the argument and the extremities of both ideas.
a.I will include multiple Puglisi quotes, fighting Zinn and Steffof, then showing the extremist side of this with one or more resons from the 47 documents.

b. I will again quote Zinn and Steffof, except this with a few more comparisons with Puglisi. I will also again make a few extremist quotes from the 47 documents.

II. In the first body "section" I will offer my opinion on Puglisi and his view, showing his relative to mine and why mine is a more compatible and less biased opinion.

a. I will make quotes from Puglisi restating his view and comparing it with mine. I will then make an argument on how mine differs and why mine may seem more logical, as well as more emotionally appealing.

b. I will then argue how Puglisi is unfair to Bacon and his rebellion relative to the people.

c. As I do all this I will be tying in the more extremist views against Bacon and their unsolidarity.

III. In the second section of the body I will basically do the same thing as the first, just supporting my idea of Bacon as a traitor to the rich with quotes from Zinn and Steffof and again documents from the 47 documents.

IV. In the third section I will more explain both extreme views of the event, including the traitorous view and the herioc view

a. First I will show the flaws of the view of Bacon as an all american hero and the good things about this view, which there were some.

b. Secondly I will do the same thing as I just did with the view of Bacon as a troublesome outlaw that was only out for anarchy.

c. Thirdly, I will sum up the pros and the cons of both sides with quotes and documented evidences.

V. Lastly, I will restate all of the facts represented and the severity of and need of each, while arguing that some ideas and views were flawed, making my argument and agreement and disagreement argument.I will wrap up with maybe a quote from Berkeley and Bacon.