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    Sam Sharpe Rebellion

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    The Sam Sharpe Rebellion:  Causes of the Rebellion There are several reasons for the 1831 revolt in Jamaica. One of the main reasons given for the revolt was that the enslaved was led to believe that emancipation was being withheld. In Jamaica reports spread among the slaves that their "free paper" had come from England but their masters were holding them in bondage. It was obvious that the slaves knew roughly what was going on‚ but they did not know the precise details. Another cause was the

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    North American Slave Revolts: The Creole Affair Although Northern newspapers no doubt give much attention to slave revolts and rebellion during the period of slavery little attention has been given by historians to the most interesting of all‚ The Creole Affair. To revolt means to detach from or rise against a higher authority for whatever reason. A slave revolt was when slaves rose against their mastered and tried to gain freedom anyway possible. A slave revolt is technically slaves

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    Emancipation

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    period‚ 500‚000 slaves grew to 4 million. A system harried by slave rebellions and conspiracies (Gabriel Prosser‚ 1800; Denmark Vesey‚ 1822; Nat Turner‚ 1831) developed a network of controls in the southern states‚ hacked by the laws‚ courts‚ armed forces‚ and race prejudice of the nation’s political leaders. It would take either a full-scale slave rebellion or a full-scale war to end such a deeply entrenched system. If a rebellion‚ it might get out of hand‚ and turn its ferocity beyond slavery to

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    The rebellion was caused by people rebelling against the government. There is lots of theories on what caused this from grease on gun shells to the government in general. Most of the reasons include the mix of religions and rumors. Many things contributed to this it was not just one. Rumors sometimes are more believed than the truth. There most likely was not animal grease on the cartridges but the rumor caused the soldiers to believe there was. The rumor is believed to have originated from the

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    The Taiping Revolution

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    pertaining to its ‘character’‚ whether it was a Rebellion or a Revolution‚ remain largely unsettled. Some historians regard it as a full-fledged revolution‚ even to the extent of calling it the harbinger of the Communist Movement; while others believe that the former is a gross over-glorification‚ and that the Taiping Movement was no more than traditional Chinese peasant rebellion. Further‚ it is debated whether the Taiping movement was a ‘peasant rebellion’ at all. While a discussion of the various academic

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    DBQ: The Sepoy Rebellion

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    I believe that the Sepoy Rebellion was caused by a number of different factors building up to the outburst. These factors came from both sides‚ the British Government and the Sepoys‚ they are as follows: miscommunication‚ undermindment the caste system‚ conflicts of faith‚ the removal of local government‚ decline in good treatment‚ and mismanagement on the part of the British Government. First‚ as said in both document A and D‚ there was a lack of communication‚ which led to thoughts about the

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    Nat Turners Rebellion

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    during their raids who could sound an alarm or provide knowledge to the slave owners army. They planned to gather more arms‚ more supplies and especially new recruits along the way. They expected the slaves of Virginia to help accompany them in this rebellion. Nat’s forces grew as he had planned. first a dozen‚ and then 30 and then 60‚ and perhaps 806. He divided his fighters into two units. A group of 10 or 15‚ including Will‚ were given the horses‚ to ride up rapidly on the farm houses and kill the

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    Forbidden Rebellion How is it possible that one force can rule over a group more than double its size? In Suzanne Collins’ novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ there are 12 districts of many people ruled by one force known as The Capitol. The country is run is a Marxist manner: The Capitol serves as the bourgeoisie of Panem‚ and the districts serve as the proletariat. The Capitol controls every move the districts make‚ punishes every act of rebellion‚ and kills off innocent people just to show their power

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    taiping movement was solely based on Chinese thought. It is argued that most of its original influences were a result of the Chinese environment and background of its leaders. While other historians argue the revolutionary movement which resulted to a rebellion‚ was a fuse of a lot of western thought such as Buddhism‚ Christianity and even Marxism. The beginning of western thought in the taiping movement traces back to its leader Hong. The Taiping rebels were led by Hong Xiuquan a village teacher and

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    Chapter 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism: Thesis: During the eighteenth century the Ottoman Empire lost much of its power to provincial governors‚ escalating many new encounters of reform. To justify or deny such climatic choices of reform called for a time of war. Following times of war were times of recovery; however‚ some empires could not withhold such responsibilities and fell through the cracks of their own broken establishment. The Ottoman Empire: In 1798‚ Napoleon invaded

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