Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Context: Once England colonised India‚ there was a lot of hostility‚ which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny. What sparked the rebellion however was when‚ new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed
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An Lushan rebellion: Happened during peak of Tang culture in the first half of the eighth century during Xuanzong’s rule. Recently appointed military governor of non-Chinese origin‚ An Lushan‚ earns favor of Yang Guifei; Xuanzong’s beloved wife‚ as a result‚ earns favor of Xuanzong‚ who grants An Lushan favors‚ primarily allowing him to place 160‚000 troops near the North and Northeastern frontier. An Lushan launches a rebellion in 755‚ storms Luoyang and Chang’an. Xuanzong flees but is betrayed
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the Sepoy Rebellion was caused. Some say that it all began with how the grease for the cartridges of the rifles had been made from fat of cows and pigs. Others say that it had something to do with religion‚ the English Government‚ ignorance‚ the bad management‚ and disaffection of the army‚ or ignorance. Could all these have been factors of how the Sepoy Rebellion was caused? Evidence from these documents show that the Rebellion began because of the English Government. The Sepoy Rebellion was caused
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17th Century English Literature Discuss the ideas of rebellion and authority in Paradise Lost by John Milton and George Herbert’s Denial and The Collar. Paradise Lost was published for the first time in 1667‚ whereas Herbert’s two poems were published in 1633. This period was called the Restoration. It started in England in 1660 under King Charles II‚ who restored the monarchy in England‚ Scotland and Ireland. The literature at that time was dominated by Christian writings and praises to God
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Whitney L. June 7‚ 2012 The Animal Farm Rebellion George Orwell’s fiction novel‚ Animal Farm‚ is an allegory because its events and characters represent key events and people from the Russian Revolution of 1917. An allegory is a work in which it has two meanings‚ a literal one‚ and a symbolic one. Animal Farm is basically a retold story of communism in the setting of a farm. In the beginning‚ the wise boar‚ Old Major‚ talks of the rebellion. The other animals get convinced that what he speaks
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company’s army on 10 May 1857‚ in the town of Meerut‚ and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India‚ with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh‚ Bihar‚ northern Madhya Pradesh‚ and the Delhi region.[3] The rebellion posed a considerable threat to Company power in that region‚[4] and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20
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Compare and Contrast: Nat Turner’s Rebellion In the essay‚ I have chosen to investigate the rebellion in Southampton‚ Virginia‚ known as Nat Turner’s Rebellion. This rebellion took place in August of 1851‚ and was also the largest slave rebellion in history‚ in terms of the amount of fatalities in the South. I have studied and gathered information about this rebellion from The Richmond Complier and the Constitutional Whig. Based on these primary documents‚ I will compare‚ contrast‚ and bring to
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Barbados rebellion 1816 Introduction The rebellion often referred to as the “Bussa Rebellion” which began on Sunday‚ 14 April 1816. Was led by a free West African man name Bussa from an Igbo or of Akan descent and was captured by African slave merchants‚ sold to the British‚ and brought to Barbados in the late !8th century as a slave. Not much is known about him and there are no records of him prior to this date. Since slave owners almost never bothered to keep detailed records about the lives
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The Rebellion Of The Americans in 1776 The American colonists were put under extreme policies and harsh demands by their mother country‚ Britain. Most of‚ if not all of these led to the rebellion of the thirteen colonies. However‚ some of the factors prompted the rebellion more than others. These factors include the parliamentary taxation‚ Britain’s restriction of civil liberties and the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas. The factor which was the prime reason for the rebellion was
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incident of the dog in the Night-Time Quote #1: “Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. “ Albert Camus “...carrying a book in his hand and he said ‘You look lost.’ So I took out my Swiss Army knife.” (Haddon 171) In this quote Christopher feels threatened and scared. He is flustered from being away from home and is not used to his normal routine. He is turning to acts of rebellion and violence when he is an innocent boy. He is confused about
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