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    1. How did Shay’s Rebellion highlight the ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation? In the late 1786 and early 1787‚ while facing seizure of their land‚ debt-ridden farmers led by Daniel Shays‚ a veteran of the War of Independence closed the courts in Massachusetts. These famers were in desperate need of assistance to pay off their debts; however‚ Governor James Bowdoin had no compassion and dispatched an army. Events such as‚ the Shay’s Rebellion convinced American’s that the national

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    Dancing a Rebellion Since the first time that white men came across Native Cultures they have tried imprint their own values and view points on that culture. In Susan Power’s The Grass Dancer‚ dance is an important symbol of the Native American culture. Powwows‚ and the dances held at them‚ play a key part in the book and many of the major events in the book are somehow related to a ceremonial dance. Many times‚ though‚ the dances do not take place at powwows or ceremonies‚ they just occur as a

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    ----------------------- Its the year 1069 and our king had struck again He had just killed the rebellion of in Scotland and has signed a deal with the king t no support the rebels.Our king is sending more threats.He has i can regreatfally say burned more villages and we are devastatesd.We now no harvests have failed in three more villages.We have decided to set up more protests despite the kings klatest threats.A man who we do not want in power will not take away our huntying because thats what

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    Tame a Wild Tongue”‚ Gloria Anzaldua discussed the social and cultural difficulties Mexican immigrants go through when being raise in the USA. In addition‚ through her anecdotes she shows the strong relationship between language and identity‚ thanks these she also explains how one’s language must be preserved and celebrated. In the excerpt from “Movimientos de Rebeldía y las Culturas que Traicionan” Anzaldua exposes how culture aims to impose who we should be. In both pieces Gloria Anzaldua describes

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    Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

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    Bibliography: 1. Aptheker‚ Herbert; Nat Turner ’s Slave Rebellion‚ Johnson and Williams Inc.‚ New York‚ New York‚ Copyright 1921 2. Farina‚ Reggie; Nat Turner ’s Rebellion‚ Snyder Publications‚ Chicago Publishing House‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ Copyright 1963 3. Friedman‚ Jesse; Nat Turner: Prophet‚ Visionary‚ Slave Revolt leader‚ Adu publishing inc.‚ New York‚ New York

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    Sepoy Rebellion To start off the Sepoys were a group of Indian soldiers that worked for the European forces. These soldiers worked for the East Indian Company’s army. In May 1857 they started a mutiny‚ or a rebellion. This brought on many other rebellions‚ and basically a war for independence. There were many economic‚ religious‚ political‚ and military reasons behind the revolts. The Indians themselves had pure hatred for the British. This also was not an overnight deal. It took about a

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    education. He was a smart person while he was ruling he was studying at the same time. He never stopped studying. Also one of he’s objectives were move Russia to the western. While the movement to the west he heard about a rebellion. This one was called as The Streltsky Rebellion. Well he got the name of Peter the Great cause he did a lot of good things but he did badly too. The good one is that he like in short words putted Russia into a good path to the future and when he came back from Indiana he

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    Russell Bourne The Red King’s Rebellion Racial politics in New England 1675-1678 Macmillan publishing company The Red King’s Rebellion fought more than three hundred years ago between the Algonquian peoples and New England settlers was in per-capita terms the bloodiest war in our nation’s history. Before the conflict ended‚ over 9‚000 people were dead (two-thirds of them Native Americans)‚ and homelessness‚ starvation‚ and economic hardship plagued the descendants of both races for generations

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    One subset of world music that is probably familiar is Latin music‚ as there is a growing population of Spanish and Portuguese speaking people in the U.S from Mexico‚ South America and Brazil. But Latin music is much more than Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony! More Americans are discovering the amazing fluidity of Ottmar Liebert’s (who is actually native to Germany) flamenco guitar and the rustic‚ hand-clapping rhythms of the Gipsy Kings. Liebert has collaborated with such greats as Carlos Santana

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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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