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    Transcendentalism: The Rebellion Transcendentalism‚ as defined by Dictionary.com‚ is "any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought‚ or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical…" (Transcendentalism). This new philosophy created a rebellion and turn away from the traditional religions in the United States. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are two primary authors and

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    Shay's Rebellion

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    the French and Indian War as well as Pontiac’s Rebellion; Shays’ Rebellion‚ which were a chain of protest by American farmers from New Hampshire

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    The Whiskey Rebellion

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    The Whiskey Rebellion was caused by a tax on whiskey that was imposed by Congress‚ which was set in place by Alexander Hamilton. The tax was set in place to assist the government in paying back the national debt that accumulated from the Revolution. The rebellion started March 3‚ 1791 and the reaction against the levy was incredibly overwhelming to the government. Whiskey is a byproduct

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    The Tuareg Rebellion

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    The intensification of the rebellion was one of the consequences of the AFRICOM coordinated NATO intervention in Libya and the overthrow of the Gadhdhafi regime.[76] Gadhdhafi’s fall led many Tuareg who had been part of his security forces or who had been working in Libya to flee into

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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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    Teenage Rebellion

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    Teenage rebellion 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‚ behaviors‚ and ideologies as part of their process of developing an identity. Teenage rebellion has been recognized within psychology as a set of behavioral traits that supersede class‚ culture‚ or race. Nature of teenage rebellion There remains some

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    Bacon's Rebellion

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    of Bacon’s Rebellion. Bacon’s Rebellion had been led by Nathaniel Bacon and had been a struggle to acquire improved land boundaries for those who owned land past the line declared to belong to the Native Americans. The governor at the time had feared the Natives greatly and promised them land they would not cross neglecting the fact free indentured servants owned land there and are susceptible to Native American attacks. Nathaniel Bacon had several reasons for starting the rebellion including the

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    his commission. Then he demanded general over all forces against the Indians but Berkeley refused. 8. “Berkeley regained complete control and hanged the major leaders of the rebellion. He also seized rebel property without the benefit of a trial. All in all‚ twenty-three persons were hanged for their part in the rebellion.”

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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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    Shays Rebellion

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    Shay’s Rebellion was the revolt of Western Massachusetts farmers against their state legislature because they felt they were being unequally represented. The intention of this paper is to analyze the problems that led to Shays’ Rebellion and to describe the casual relationship it had with the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Being able to help protect and support their personal lifestyles‚ which included their homes farms‚ and families was why Daniel Shays and other Western Massachusetts

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