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    Government and the people have dealt with rebellion. Rebellion is a resistance of people against their rulers or the person in charge. Rebellion can start in many ways. People can cause a rebellion by not having what they need‚ like food or money‚ or something on a much larger scale‚ such as war. Rebellion can be caused by something that may seem much smaller‚ like the people feeling they don’t have a voice or people being easily offended. No matter the size‚ Rebellion has always been a problem in society

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    started what would be called the Shays’ Rebellion. Because it involved fundamental economic‚ social‚ and political issues‚ such rebellion forced ordinary Americans such as farmers‚ and small plantation owners‚ to think about their understandings of the promises of the American Revolution and what kind of government they desired. The Shay’s Rebellion was a representation of the economic troubles faced by the majority of people in the United States. With this rebellion they hoped to finally experience equality

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    and conformity. But‚ through the wave of social harmony came the shift towards the rebellion that brewed underneath the social norms. Events such as the birth of rock n’ roll and the Beat Movement shook the social structure that ruled American’s lives for so many years and fueled a movement of rebellion against conformity. In his article‚ The Fifties‚ author Alan Brinkley explains change provoked the social rebellion experienced

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    Many thought these taxes on luxuries were an abuse of the power of federal government‚ particularly the South because they did not have a very robust economy themselves. In fact‚ the U.S. tariff on whiskey caused the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The Whiskey Rebellion started out in certain counties in Western Pennsylvania‚ where protesters used violence and intimidation to prevent federal officials from collecting the tax. Resistance came to a climax in July 1794‚ when a U.S. marshal arrived

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    The Whisky Rebellion- George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury proposed a new excise tax on whisky to gain revenue to pay off the countries debt. Hamilton knew that the idea of tax was not accepted by Americans in previous years‚ however‚ he saw it necessary to form a strong and effective national government. Initially‚ the rebellion began in July of 1794 when a group of angry tax protesters demolished the home of a tax inspector (PBS). The rebellion grew and many protesters brought back the idea

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    4. Bacon’s rebellion- A rebellion against Native American tribes by led by Planter Nathaniel Bacon after his foreman was murdered by an indian arrow. This was just the straw that broke the camel’s back the colonists had growing frustrations that their expectations for safety had not been met. So‚ after Planter Nathaniel Bacon’s foreman was murdered by indians he put together a small band of colonists who began to revengefully murdering both peaceful and hostile tribes in the Virginian area. The rebellion

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    In Animal Farm‚ a rebellion was successfully won by the animals against Mr Jones‚ the owner of the farm and once he was off the farm‚ the animals quickly got into a routine‚ but it cannot be decided if without Jones‚ the farm was better or worse. The reason for the rebellion came from a pig called Old Major‚ as he had a dream one night about everyone’s future if they stayed with Mr Jones‚ so he informed all of the animals and everyone began planning the rebellion. Old Major‚ who was a highly respected

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    marked the end of the Mughal empire and sealed India’s fate as a British colony for the next 100 years.Causes for the RevoltThere were many causes that ultimately lead to this revolt. For the sake of convenience they can divided into the following categories.1.Social And Religious Causes2.Political Causes3.Military Causes | | 1. Social and Religious Causes A. Change in pattern of trade and commerce  During the first two hundred years of its rule ‚ the British East India Company confined its activities

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    John Lambton‚ Earl of Durham‚ was appointed Governor in Chief of the Canadas‚ sent to investigate the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada in the spring of 1838. Both rebellions had occurred in the previous year of 1837‚ and were led by Louis-Joseph Papineau (Lower Canada Rebellion) and William Lyon Mackenzie (Upper Canada Rebellion). Britain realizing that change was in order to be able to successfully administer the colonies‚ delegated Durham with finding the source of the conflict that had led

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    May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). The conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Victory in Hindi) which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.[10] The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the LOC‚[11] which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During the initial stages of the war‚ Pakistan blamed the fighting

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