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    Nat Turner’s Rebellion: A Slave Insurrection Nat Turner‚ a slave in Virginia‚ was raised by his mom and dad‚ with the help of his grandmother (whom he was so close to)‚ to be a strong person. He grew up being told that he was made to do something special with his life. Turner once said that he communicated with the Spirit and was told that his wisdom came from God. He felt he was destined to help slaves be free. He would work with the only four people he could trust‚ Hark; Henry; Sam; and Nelson

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    Effects of Teenage Rebellion a Research Paper Presented to Mrs. Rosalie De Ramos In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the subject English Mary Alyssa G. Tesalona January‚ 2011 CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TEENAGE REBELLION TS: Teenagers are said to be the answer to the future‚ but in our present time teenagers are uncontrolled when it comes to their attitude. I. Introduction II. Teenage Rebellion III. Causes of Teenage Rebellion A. Reasons of Rebellion B. Ways of Rebelling

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    Jamaica: Bad Government‚ Small Country Jamaica is an example of bad government in a small country. The government has lost control of its people and its function due to the spread of criminal organization that is revered by the citizens. Collier’s “The Bottom Billion” discusses the effects of bad governance on a small country. Thomas More’s “from Utopia” explains an ideal government from the perspective of More‚ who was fed up with the English government. This all shows how bad government can

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    Criminology Final Paper Gay Bashing in Jamaica and the Music Behind It The purpose of this paper is to discuss the deviant behavior towards GLBTs in the Caribbean and the small amount of reformation that took place due to these criminal acts. Saying that the civil rights of humans over the past couple of years have not been violated would be a complete and utter lie. There are thousands of people who take part in political protest because they are tired of people listening to the discriminating

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    Since the Haitian Rebellion of 1791- 1804‚ Southern slave owners were in fear of a slave rebellion‚ especially in areas where slaves outnumbered non-slaves. Nat Turner‚ also known as “Prophet‚” was one of the leaders who put this into action. He was an “upper class” (knew how to read and write) slave owned by Joseph Travis of Southampton‚ Virginia and was extremely religious. The unofficial religious leader of the slaves had seen a solar eclipse in February of 1831 and believed that God had chosen

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    were so great that‚ even though they risked severe punishment‚ some slaves attempted to flee from their plantations. In fact‚ entire communities were established by runaway slaves in British Guiana and Jamaica. Moreover‚ these slaves‚ known as the Bush Negroes of Surinam and the Maroons of Jamaica‚ were able to survive despite the efforts of the Europeans to bring them back under their control. These two groups shared many similarities as well as differences‚ whether it both communities fighting

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    Girl Elaine Potter Richardson famous for the short story written titled “Girl” was born in Antigua in the British West Indies in 1949. Well who is Jamaica Kincaid one may ask? Well they are the same person. Elaine changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid when she started writing because her family disapproved of her career as a writer. Kincaid moved to New York at the age of seventeen where she met a columnist named George S. Trow while working for a nanny who helped her writing to be publish

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    The Whisky Rebellion- George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury proposed a new excise tax on whisky to gain revenue to pay off the countries debt. Hamilton knew that the idea of tax was not accepted by Americans in previous years‚ however‚ he saw it necessary to form a strong and effective national government. Initially‚ the rebellion began in July of 1794 when a group of angry tax protesters demolished the home of a tax inspector (PBS). The rebellion grew and many protesters brought back the idea

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    Shay’s Rebellion is more than a simple act of civil disobedience of citizens against their government. There were a lot of key causes and factors to Shay’s Rebellion. All of theses factors and problems added up cause an uproar. The Rebellion in itself was not that big of a rebellion‚ however it did create a very big impact on the leaders of the nation. The Rebellion occurred in many places all over the new colonies‚ but most of the effect of the Rebellion took place at Massachusetts. The current

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    their seeds so much quicker (which was actually very time consuming) than by hand. The inventor was Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented it in 1794. A revolutionized cotton gin is still used today. Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion Nat Turner was an African-American who led a slave rebellion in the morning of August 23‚

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