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    Slave Rebellions

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    owners? The severe actions of slave owners towards their slaves led to several revolts and rebellions. Of all the slave revolts‚ one of the most notorious and successful was the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion of 1831. Before the Civil War‚ an abundant amount of slaves lived a life with harsh labor and treatment. The living conditions of slaves resulted in several revolts against slave owners. All the slave rebellions resulted in the capturing of the slaves and hanging them‚ or cruel punishments such as

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    The Hippie Rebellion

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    The Hippie Rebellion There are many subcultures in our history that resulted from a variety of sources. One of the biggest rebellions came from the “Hippie Generation.” The sons and daughters of the Baby Boom era push themselves away from their ancestors‚ who rejected them for an alternative culture which was their own. (Huber‚ Lemieux‚ Hollis) The three key reasons are do to the change in music‚ the use of narcotics‚ and their anti-war beliefs. The change in music clearly set their generation

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    A Student's Rebellion

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    A STUDENTS REBELLION (http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/24/student-rebellion-catches-on) A student rebellion catches on Before anyone writes off today’s students as apathetic‚ they should consider what the new wave of student occupations has begun to accomplish. February 24‚ 2009 ONE OF the many upsetting aspects to being in your forties‚ is hearing people your own age grumbling about "young people" the way we were grumbled about ourselves. Old friends will complain‚ "Youngsters today have

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    Stono- Rebellion

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    Stone rebellion in South Carolina Claiming roughly eighty black and white lives and involving as many as one hundred slaves and perhaps as many whites‚ the Stono Rebellion of September 1739 was one of the most significant and violent slave uprisings in colonial America. Although the rebels failed in their attempt to reach St. Augustine and claim freedom under Spanish rule‚ the revolt shaped South Carolina slave society in some important ways and its legacy lingered for years after the event.

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    The Boxer Rebellion

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    The Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreign and anti-Christian war initiated by a Chinese assembly that called themselves the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Yihequan). This group was known in English as the Boxers‚ and they assassinated many foreigners and Chinese Christians from the years 1899-1901. The international Eight-Nation Alliance force proceeded to invade China in 1900 and fought courageously for the discontinuation of the massacres. In the 1860s‚ Western

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    Teen Rebellion

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    lessons learnt in that? Where is the room to make and learn from mistakes? By rebelling against the rules and making mistakes‚ teenagers are living for the now and learning for the future. It is very common for teenagers to experience a period of rebellion. Normal rebellious behaviour develops over time‚ beginning with a teen wanting to hang out with friends more and disagreeing with parents more frequently. Society stamps a "bad teen" label on rebellious teens. However these teenagers are not always

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    Bacon's Rebellion

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    Bacon’s Rebellion In 1676‚ tensions were escalating. A lot people were angry with what was going on in the colonies and soon enough‚ a rebellion was arising. A resident of Virginia‚ Nathaniel Bacon‚ lead the rebellion‚ hence the name “Bacon’s Rebellion.” In this rebellion there were many different sides. Many of the happenings were recorded and documented‚ but all different in their own way‚ like how the final outcomes were‚ why and how the rebellion happened and lastly who led the rebellion.

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    1776 by David McCullough is not just a book about the violence of war‚ but the emotions of those living during these times. The novel takes you on a journey of what life was truly like in the year of the Declaration of Independence. Leader General George Washington and two young American patriots‚ Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox‚ show the knowledge of war and the innocence of those with no experience of combat. Uncommon perspectives of situations are explained through the eyes of innocence and the

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    Bussa Rebellion

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    and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand wages. The Bussa rebellion was short-lived. There were a number of reasons for which this rebellion had taken place. The reasons included the mistreatment of the slaves by the slaves by the planters‚ the desire to acquire freedom of the slaves and great encouragement from the slaves who rebelled in the St. Domingue revolt. The rebellion was well lead and organized by the head ranger on the bayley’s plantation called by the

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    The Boxer Rebellion

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    The Boxer Rebellion “Support the Ch’ing-destroy the foreigner!”(Cohen 56). This was the slogan that was shouted from the mouths of those that were deemed as the Righteous Harmony Society in China between 1898 and 1901. The group’s main goal was to fight for China’s right to keep foreign invaders from taking over Chinese territories for the use of trade. Germany‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ and Russia all were in agreement that they had specific boundaries within the Chinese land and

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