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    If there were few people to talk seriously about the 1857 mutinous Sepoys as victims and British forces as being unnecessarily ruthless in their repression‚ the main protagonists of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion greatly divided opinions in Britain. The logic according to which people disagree with what they opponents agree with meant that someone’s hero was someone else’s villain. Paul Bogle‚ a Black Jamaican‚ was depicted by supporters of philanthropy as a pious preacher spreading Christianity and

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    had accustomed myself to was to be rejected. My life had become‚ forthwith‚ a rebellion. Although the causes of teenage rebellion are both complicated and personal‚ they are surprisingly consistent. Teenagers rebel due to pressure to conform‚ demands and commands‚ and insecurity. Teenagers‚ overall‚ rebel because they have a voice they feel is not being heard. Perhaps the most obvious cause of teenage rebellion is the amount of pressure pressed upon them to conform. Fashion magazines tell

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    Chapter 4 Key Terms Pontiac’s Rebellion: (1763) Indian chief Pontiac led a major attack against the colonies. The British did not rely on colonial forces‚ but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion Proclamation Act of 1763: Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. British hoped it would prevent violence between Native Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the law‚ moving to the west of the mountains in large numbers (1763) Sugar

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    The Atlantic Slave Trade lasted some 300 years and with it brought about 12.5 million slaves out of Africa. Out of that 12.5 million‚ about 10.7 million were shipped to the Americas. Although there were only about 6 percent of African captives who were sent directly to British North America‚ by 1825‚ the United States already had a quarter of blacks in the New World (Gilder Lehrman Institute). Revolts almost always ended in casualties or torture carried out by the ship crew. (Marcum and Skarbek

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    Continued Rebellion: The Conflicting Legislation of National and State Governments Following the end of the Civil War‚ the newly reformed nation began efforts to mend wounds opened during wartime. In the wake of these reconstructive efforts new laws were created by the national and state governments. Two examples of laws made at this time are the Black Codes of Mississippi written in 1865 and the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction written by Andrew Johnson in 1865. These two documents demonstrate

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    1. Summarize events related to the Boxer Rebellion. Many Chinese people thought the foreigners (the Germans) were the cause of all the extreme weather happening. In the late 1800’s there was extreme flooding and droughts. The Chinese thought the heavens were upset with the foreigners being there and were punishing them for it with the weather. The weather of course affected the Chinese people’s farming negatively. Among the people that blamed the foreigners was group called The Boxers and they were

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    The development of the rebellion of the thirteen colonies was the beginning to a new struggling nation -- not wanting to repeat the past -- would have to face many decisions that would affect its’ future. The start of the rebellion of the thirteen colonies came when the French and Indian War ended in 1763. The cost of the war had greatly enlarged Britain’s debt. Moreover‚ the

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    For many years‚ the battle of the Alamo in 1836 has widely been regarded as the turning point in the Texas Revolution. But of all the unknowns regarding that battle‚ such as how Davy Crockett died or if William B. Travis was placed on the funeral pyre alive‚ one of the most important mysteries is just why the people of the Alamo chose to stand and fight. To understand why the people of the Alamo fought‚ one must first examine the reasons for the Texas Revolution’s occurrence. Texas’ declaration of

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    home. My middle school years were an emotional struggle that forced me to grow while also holding a strong front to others. During middle school my oldest sister was going through a phase of rebellion that caused a strain on my parents’ marriage. The late night arguing to counteract my sister’s rebellion kept me up each night wishing it all would end. Mornings were tough waking up exhausted knowing that I had to face my friends as if nothing had happened the night before. I would go to school as

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    There are a large amount of rebellion around government around the world. I believe that people rebel against their government because they want to fight for their ideals and want to voice their opinions. One example of people rebelling is the protests in Thailand during 2010. During

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