One of the major causes of ________ was the disfranchisement of landless freemen by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1670.

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The disfranchisement of landless freemen was a major cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 in Virginia. Coode's Rebellion occurred in Maryland in 1689 as a Protestant rebellion against the Catholic government. Leisler's Rebellion took place in New York in 1689-1691 as a result of political and social tensions. The Stono Uprising was a slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739. Shays's Rebellion occurred in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 as a protest against debt and taxation. Therefore, the only logical choice is A, Bacon's Rebellion.

One of the Major Causes of ________ Was the Disfranchisement