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    government was unable to maintain order. After the Revolution‚ Americans mounted debt from purchasing goods from other countries. To solve this problem the states would tax their citizens and this caused many people to go into bankruptcy. When Shay’s Rebellion happened people started realizing that by having a less powerful national government‚ it created many problems within the states and it also demonstrated the importance to maintain domestic order. The framers of the constitution created a federal

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    Bloody Endings In the 1700’s The French Revolution caused disagreement between Monarchy and Republicanism‚ which eventually led up to The June Rebellion in 1832 by changing the government from a changed Republic to a Monarch once again. Maximilian Robespierre‚ the leader of the French Revolution was successful in changing the political ways of France. However Maximilian Robespierre was not in power for very long because he had allowed the executions of many for the sake of the new Republican

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    Some people in the world may believe that rebellion is way better than conformity. On the other hand‚ some believe that conformity is way better than rebellion. My primary sources‚ “The Bridegroom” and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ‚ show that conformity causes or creates problems within the world while rebellion causes or creates less problems and more solutions to those problems. They seem to prove that rebellion is better than conformity. Not everyone has what it takes to stand up

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    What provoked the Whiskey Rebellion? How did the government respond? In your answer‚ discuss the foundations and precedents of the conflict as well as the significance of the government’s response. Secretary of the treasure‚ Andrew Hamilton‚ need a way to tackle the unpaid Revolutionary War debt. He decided not to tax the general import but rather tax the wealthiest landowners. He proposed a twenty five percent tax on whiskey to be paid by the farmer that manufactured the whiskey and also an

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    Grigs’ only communication with him had been through a currier. They had set the bait of a rebel that wanted to defect and stop the rebellion once and for all so he could go home. Grigs had practiced for hours to convince himself that he was a betrayer. Jornis had helped him enormously‚ as had Caleb‚ coaching him on exactly how to act and what to say when they finally had their meeting

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    in jail he was interviewed by Thomas R. Gray. Thoms Gray was a lawyer from South Hampton and a slave owner himself. The interview and information that Thomas Gray gathered was used in the trial of Nat Turner. Thomas Gray talked about how this rebellion had attracted a lot of interest from people and led to lots of inflated and negative news. This was recored as the first time something like this happened in history with a revolt of the slaves. Nat Turner was caught without incident by Benjamin

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    attempts to get married. Throughout the play‚ they constantly rebel against their parents wishes. This play is used in many English classes as an example of a masterpiece. Romeo and Juliet is a non relevant work for a person in modern times due to its rebellion‚ over dramatics‚ and the unnecessary of suicide. One way is that they were rebellious. Like Shakespeare said “Lord Capulet tells Juliet that she has to marry Pairs but she refuses” (Shakespeare 1110 ). One way is that they ignore the fact that

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    role to who they will become in the near future. If they grew up in a stern household‚ they can either turn out to be complete opposites of their parents‚ or exactly the same. In Things Fall Apart‚ Achebe uses Nwoye to demonstrate curiosity and rebellion among the Umuofian people‚ pre and post-colonial times. It states that it’s never wrong to be a little curious and to always live your life to what you want to make out of it. The motif of curiosity is

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    laws laying [taxes] upon spirits distilled (alcohol) within the United States… it is in my judgement necessary… for calling forth the militia in order to suppress the [revolt]... and to cause the laws to be duly [enforced].”- Document 2 Whiskey Rebellion. Also when George Washington got there with his military he also pardoned and showed mercy to the Rebels. Since George Washington showed Mercy and pardoned them he did not brake the first amendment which is one of the rights that the citizens have

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    Rebellion Against the British In the 1700s there was growing anger with the British because of the taxes being raised. They passed acts that included the Currency Act and the Stamp Act. The colonists were justified in rebelling against the British government because the colonies had multiple problems with the British rule. The colonies believed that the government was taxing them unfairly and they didn’t like the fact that one family was running the government‚ and the government was not giving them

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