In the eighteenth-century‚ the American backcountry had often resorted to violent protests to express the grievances the colonists had due to unjust taxation and racial and political unrest. During the eighteenth-century in America‚ the colonists were settled in and began coming across individual rights and developed thoughts of their own government. There were three significant protests in the eighteenth-century American backcountry‚ March of the Paxton Boys‚ which were Scots-Irish frontiersmen
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Sepoy Rebellion began because of the British using pig and cow fat on the ammunition cartilages‚ which are both animals that are forbidden to be consumed in the Muslim and Hindu faith. The Sepoys‚ who were expected to ripe off the ammunition paper before loading their guns saw this as a clear form of disrespect towards their religious beliefs. Although the rebellion led to many deaths on both parts of the battle‚ the Indians turned out losing when the British managed to suppress the rebellion. Since
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Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays‚ a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. The rebellion started on August 29‚ 1786. It was precipitated by several factors: financial difficulties brought about by a post-war economic depression‚ a credit squeeze caused by a lack of hard currency‚ and fiscally harsh government policies instituted in 1785 to solve
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of Bacon’s Rebellion. Bacon’s Rebellion had been led by Nathaniel Bacon and had been a struggle to acquire improved land boundaries for those who owned land past the line declared to belong to the Native Americans. The governor at the time had feared the Natives greatly and promised them land they would not cross neglecting the fact free indentured servants owned land there and are susceptible to Native American attacks. Nathaniel Bacon had several reasons for starting the rebellion including the
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Transcendentalism: The Rebellion Transcendentalism‚ as defined by Dictionary.com‚ is "any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought‚ or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical " (Transcendentalism). This new philosophy created a rebellion and turn away from the traditional religions in the United States. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are two primary authors and
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from the union. The South was very concerned with the fact that in some of their states slaves were the majority of the population and therefore they lived in fear of slave rebellions. Discipline therefore had to be quite severe to quell the rebels. The rebellions that did breakout were quickly suppressed‚ such rebellions as John
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The book‚ 1776 by David McCullough alter my opinions of both George Washington and King George III. My opinion about George Washington changed from thinking of Washington being a great leader‚ knowing every move‚ to a leader that had flaws but was still the guy to lead the army. For example‚ at the battle of New York‚ Washington was struggling to deal with the British offensive by not knowing where to place his troops. However‚ towards the end of the book George Washington becomes succeeds in winning
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The Whiskey Rebellion was caused by a tax on whiskey that was imposed by Congress‚ which was set in place by Alexander Hamilton. The tax was set in place to assist the government in paying back the national debt that accumulated from the Revolution. The rebellion started March 3‚ 1791 and the reaction against the levy was incredibly overwhelming to the government. Whiskey is a byproduct
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Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by young Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony’s lightly organized frontier political culture combined with accumulating grievances‚ especially regarding Indian attacks‚ to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley. He had failed to address the demands of the colonists regarding their safety. The rebellion was first suppressed by a few armed merchant ships from London whose captains sided
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McCullough‚ David. 1776. New York: Simon and Schuster‚ 2005. The words never judge a book by its cover have been spoken many times‚ but some covers beg to be judged. The cover of 1776‚ with its wartime painting and bold red lettering on the front‚ immediately draws people into it. However‚ upon opening the novel it is visually intimidating with many quotes in the middle of pages and nearly one-hundred pages of sources‚ notes‚ and acknowledgements. Despite this‚ McCullough delivers a personal story
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