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    Rebellion of 1837

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    Nations People in the Northwest 5. National Dream 6. Northwest Rebellion of 1885 May Unit VI/Chapter 6: British Columbia to 1896 1. Chapter Introduction 2. The Oregon Territory 3. Colony of Vancouver Island to 1858 4. Cariboo Gold Rush 5. Colony of British Columbia—and Confederation 6. Railway Survey 7. Emergence of Vancouver 8. Chinese in British Columbia 9. Economic Diversity June Unit VII/Chapter 7: The Emergence of Modern

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    Taiping Rebellion

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    Jason Bishop Prof. Nardini HIST 112-A 6 April 2011 The Rise and Fall of the “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace” The Taiping Rebellion is the largest and bloodiest ever to take place in china‚ the rebellion lasted all the way from 1850 until 1864. It is estimated that over twenty million Chinese died resulting from this rebellion. This movement was started by a man name Hong Xiu-quan who started his career as a failed Confucian scholar that later claimed to have been visited by God and Jesus

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    What were the short and long-term factors that lead to the murder of Rasputin? Grigory Yefimovich ‘Rasputin’ (meaning ‘debauched one’) was a Siberian monk‚ described by Jennifer Brainard (2008) as “an unwashed sexually promiscuous peasant”. Rasputin was born in 1869‚ arrived in St Petersburg in 1904 and was first connected to the Romanov family in 1908 when he was called upon to aid Tsar Nicholas II’s only son in his illness (Jennifer Rosenberg‚ unknown date‚ The Murder of Rasputin). Eight years

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    Youth Rebellion

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    My own thoughts on Youth Rebellion Youth rebellion is a vital process of a child’s turning into an adult. It can also be seen as teenage rebellion. What is the exact definition of youth rebellion? This is the Wikipedia version: "As part of their development into young adults‚ humans must develop an identity independent from their parents or family and a capacity for independent decision-making. They may experiment with different roles‚ behaviours‚ and ideologies as part of their process of

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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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    Censorship and Rebellion

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    Tone and Rebellion in Fahrenheit 451 The square in China was a act of rebellion because the citizens stood up against Cherman Mao. Tone has to do with auditory (what you hear). Tone in writing represents things you hear from the author’s writing. In Fahrenheit Four Hundred Fifty One Bradbury uses tone to show rebellion. Rebellion can be described as defiance of anything authority‚ control‚ or tradition. In this case Montag plans to rebel against control. Bradbury uses tone

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    Bacon Rebellion

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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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    Rebellion Essay

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    Rebellion is taking measures into your own hands. There will come a time where a person will have to rebel against something or someone to find inner peace and/ or freedom. Rebellion is taking a stand for what you believe in and stopping what or who comes into your way. Dictionary.com defines rebellion as “Resistance to or defiance of any authority‚ control‚ or tradition.” In most cases a person or group of people rebel against a government or type of government. There are many reasons why people

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    The Whiskey Rebellion showed that federal government would use force to implement and enforce policy. The Fries Rebellion was a semi-organized resistance to taxes. Eventually‚ several men were arrested and found guilty of treason; however‚ President John Adams pardoned the men. The federal government struggled with escalated reactions and defining the limits of democracy in addressing these “rebellions‚” and how to assert control over states‚ and “The

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    The Telangana Rebellion

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    The Telangana Rebellion was a peasant revolt which was later supported by the Communists. It took place in the former princely state of Hyderabad between 1946 and 1951. This was led by the Communist Party of India.[5] The revolt began in the Nalgonda district and quickly spread to the Warangal and Bidar districts. Peasant farmers and labourers revolted against the local feudal landlords (jagirdars and deshmukhs) and later against the Osman Ali Khan‚ Asif Jah VII. The initial aims were to do away

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