Final answer:
Nathaniel Bacon came to America seeking economic prosperity and power in the Virginia colony, where he eventually led a rebellion due to Governor Berkeley's policies that limited expansion and favored peace with Native Americans over colonist land claims.
Step-by-step explanation:
Nathaniel Bacon came to America under circumstances tied to colonial politics and economic aspirations. In 1674, Bacon arrived in Virginia, a wealthy young Englishman seeking to extend his landholdings and assert greater power within the colony. Despite initially receiving a large land grant and an appointment to the governor's council from his cousin by marriage, Governor William Berkeley, Bacon soon found himself desiring more power and land, especially on the Virginia frontier.
Governor Berkeley's policies to maintain peace with local Native American tribes through treaties and land restrictions frustrated Bacon and other colonists who aimed to expand their plantations. This discontent and feeling of economic stagnation among small planters and former indentured servants, who were disallowed access to Native American lands, led Bacon to eventually organize and lead a rebellion in 1676 after Berkeley's refusal to issue Bacon a commission to lead forces against the Indians, a conflict which later escalated into civil war known as Bacon's Rebellion.