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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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    Essay On Sepoy Rebellion

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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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    The Animal Farm Rebellion

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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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    Indian rebellion of 1857

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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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    Nat Turner's Rebellion

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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

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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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    because of the color of their skin. The legacies of slave rebellion leaders such as Nat Turner‚ Gabriel Prosser‚ and Denmark Vassey have and continue to be heroes for thousands of slaves worldwide. ------------------------------------------------- Thesis Statement (Usually the last sentence(s) in the introduction): ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Tacky’s Rebellion Together with a small group of Ashanti followers‚ he

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    The Sam Sharpe Rebellion

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    Jamaica The 1st Maroon War Left behind by the Spaniards‚ the maroons joined the remaining Amerindians to form the Windward Maroon Communities in the mountainous region of Jamaica‚ the Cockpit Country Tacky’s Rebellion Many revolts had occurred in Jamaica‚ but most of them were put down with ease. Not so on Easter Sunday in 1760. A little before dawn on Monday‚ Tacky and his followers began the revolt and easily took over the Frontier and Trinity plantations

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    Rebellion 1837 Essay

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    The rebellion of 1837 were armed uprisings that took place in Upper and Lower Canada‚ which is now Ontario and Quebec‚ in 1837 to 1838. The two rebellions had similar causes. The British believed the lesson of the American Revolution was to restrain the power of the people. This resulted in small groups of well off men in each colony having a great deal of power. During the 1820s‚ tensions increased in both colonies‚ reformers demanded change‚ and the government resisted it. In Lower Canada‚ the

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