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    Insurgence The pursuit of sovereignty and self-governance is a commonality between all rebellions. However‚ the intricacies of each insurrection are entirely unique and their outcomes are unprecedented. Although it is impossible for historians to ascertain which specific elements are contribute to a successful rebellion‚ analyzing the contributing factors is important in understanding independence. In the 1916 Irish Rebellion‚ the Great War had a significant influence on public opinion‚ rebel military plans

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    The rebellions which occurred during the reign of Edward VI were mainly political in origin The rebellions which occurred during the reign of Edward VI were mainly religious and not political in origin. The political reasons for the rebellions are that there were absent landlords‚ mainly because they were in the council‚ which meant the peasants had no-one to stop them and the incompetent advisors‚ Peter Carew‚ sent down to deal with the issue. The religious reasons were that the reforms of Somerset

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    Cuffy was a man who was very powerful and he took his strengths and expanded on them when he led the Berbice Slave Rebellion of 1763. While being under the Dutch colonization‚ Cuffy successfully took control of over eight plantations during the eleven-month long revolution. Dutch Governor Van Hoogenheim found out and grew frantic‚ alerting all the Europeans in nearby plantations to flee because Cuffy threatened them and seized all their ammunition and any source of power they held. He knew this would

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    workers. There were now not enough english indentured servants‚ and owners began to rely on the work of African-American slaves. This occurred in 1670 when english birth rates dropped‚ and the economy increased( The Colonia Population). Bacon’s rebellion also influenced the major start of slavery in the United States for indentured servants were often promised land upon finishing the required labor and more often than not the rewards were not given to them. Indentured servants were also freed after

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    ¬¬¬¬¬¬The Canadas: Bitterly Cold yet Politically Boiling LONDON - What to make of the rebellions in the Canadas? How do they affect the British Empire? Why are the Canadians rebelling against the British control and system of government? This article will lead you through the events of the Canadian rebellions and provide you with all the necessary details about the current situation in our North Atlantic colony. The Canadas have always been a troubled place in terms of government and ruling.

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    obvious rebellion is shown by the feminine movements during this time. The 1920’s led to a new role for American women‚ in which females desperately tried to rid themselves of Victorian roles they had played in the past. In an effort to become modern and masculine‚ the "flapper" led to newly recognized rights for females in the male fields. The flappers showed their rebellion by wearing short skirts that in previous years would have been entirely inappropriate dress for women. Rebellion was also

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    ShaysRebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. Although farmers took up arms in states from New Hampshire to South Carolina‚ the rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts‚ where bad harvests‚ economic depression‚ and high taxes threatened farmers with the loss of their farms. The rebellion took its name from its symbolic leader‚ Daniel Shays of Massachusetts‚ a former

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    The Pilgrimage of Grace is regarded as the most serious rebellion in Tudor dynasty. It is a rising against reforms of Henrician government took place in Yorkshire on October 1536. The rebels were discontent about the government’s new policies accompanied by Reformation. In this popular rising they expressed their grievances in December Petition (Bush‚ 1996). Its participants did not constrained to commons; evidence showed that gentlemen and clergy also protested against the government since their

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    I believe several factors‚ such as Feudalism‚ unfair taxes‚ years of oppression‚ inequality in the French society‚ the bad harvest of the summer of 1788 and the increasing economic crises contributed and lit the fuse of the French revolution. The calling of the Estates-General in May 1789 was aimed to solve the economic crises‚ however mistreatment of the lower classes for centuries led to them wanting change. This event led to the Tennis Court Oath‚ in which the lower classes‚ who were represented

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    As a new society unfolds‚ so do new values and authority. In 1984‚ George Orwell presents a futuristic vision of the power of government as well as its social conventions. Primarily‚ Orwell uses Winston Smith to exhibit the effects that government control can have on morality. Winston lives in Oceania where "The Party" exploits its complete power by controlling people emotionally and mentally. However‚ this disturbs Winston who subsequently challenges The Party and is provoked into becoming a rebel

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