In 1841, suffrage supporters, led by Dorr, gave up on attempts to change the system from within. In October, they held an extralegal People's Convention and drafted a new constitution that granted the vote to all white males with one year's residence. At the same time, the state legislature formed a rival convention and drafted the Freemen's Constitution, making some concessions to democratic demands. The two constitutions were voted on late in the year, with the Freemen's Constitution being defeated in the legislature, ...

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Dorr Rebellion, Dorr Rebellion - Precursors, Dorr Rebellion - The Rebellion, Dorr Rebellion - Dorr's Fate

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Bacon's Rebellion can be attributed to myriad causes, all of which led to unrest in the Virginia colony. Economic problems, such as declining tobacco prices, growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas, an increasingly restricted English market, and the rising prices from English manufactured goods (mercantilism) caused problems for the Virginians. There were heavy English losses in the latest series of naval wars with the Dutch and, closer to home, there were many problems caused by weather. Hailstorms, floods, dry spells ...

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The Whiskey Rebellion was an uprising that had its origins in 1791 and culminated in an insurrection in 1794 in the Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania by Appalachian settlers who fought against a federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks. [1] These settlers were largely of Scots-Irish descent. The ineffective government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation had been replaced by a stronger federal government under the United States Constitution in 1788. This new government inherited a huge debt from t ...

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The Boxer Uprising (Traditional: 義和團起義; Simplified: 义和团起义; Hanyu Pinyin: Yìhétuán Qǐyì; The Righteous and Harmonious Fists) was an uprising against Western commercial and political influence in China during the final years of the 19th century, from November 1899 to September 7, 1901[1]. By August 1900 over 230 foreigners, thousan ...

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• Boxer Rebellion - Eight nation alliance
• Boxer Rebellion - Results
• Boxer Rebellion - Reference
• Boxer Rebellion - In fiction
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The Upper Canada Rebellion was, along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the colonial government in 1837 and 1838. Collectively they are also known as the Rebellions of 1837. In Upper Canada, one of the most controversial issues in the early 19th century was the allocation of land. Much land had been set aside as "Crown reserves." These reserves of unworked land lowered the value of neighbouring farms because isolated farms were less efficient than farms close together. The British government's system of allocating land was seen by many as exc ...

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The Yellow Turban Rebellion, sometimes also translated as the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, (Simplified: 黄巾之乱; Traditional: 黃巾之亂; Hanyu Pinyin: Huáng Jīn Zhī Luàn) was a 184 AD peasant rebellion against Emperor Lingdi of the Han Dynasty of China. It is named for the color of the scarves which the rebels wore around their heads. The rebels were associated with secret Taiping Taoist societies and the rebellion marked an important point in the history of Taoism. The rebellion is the ope ...

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1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British occupation of the subcontinent. The war brought about the end of the British East India Company's regime in India, and led to almost a century of direct rule of the Indian subcontinent by Britain: the British Raj. Indian rebellion of 1857 - Introduction. The events of this period are known to many Indians as the First War of Independence and the War of Independence of 1857 and to the ...

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• Indian rebellion of 1857 - 3rd Light Cavalry at Meerut
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• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Delhi
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Cawnpore
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Lucknow
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Jhansi
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Other areas
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Retaliation -- The Devil's Wind
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Reorganization

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Date & Place of Origin Thursday, February 5, 2004 Gonaïves, Haiti Date & Place of Conclusion Sunday, February 29, 2004 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Prelude Political dispute between government and opposition; general social tension. Aims Overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; reconstitution of Haitian army. Rebel leaders Guy Philippe, Buteur Metayer Targets Capture of cities; neut ...

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• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Claims of rebels
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Controversy over Aristide's Departure
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Controversy over Aristide's election in 2000
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Calling themselves Regulators, men from all over the western and central parts of the state began to agitate for change. Initial disturbances were mostly peaceful and centered primarily on freeing incarcerated farmers from debtor's prisons. In the late summer of 1786 the conflict escalated when armed Regulators shut down debtor courts in Northampton, Worcester, Concord, and elsewhere. After the passage of the Riot Act, the Regulators seized arms from the Springfield Armory. Militia groups called out ...

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When the South African government had offered to invade the German colonies, the commander-in-chief of the Union Defence Force general Christiaan Beyers resigned, writing "It is sad that the war is being waged against the 'barbarism' of the Germans. We have forgiven but not forgotten all the barbarities committed in our own country during the South African War", referring to the atrocities committed during the Boer War. A nominated senator, general Koos de la Rey, who had refused to support the government in parliament over this issue ...

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Maritz Rebellion, Maritz Rebellion - Lead-up, Maritz Rebellion - The First World War starts, Maritz Rebellion - The rebellion, Maritz Rebellion - Footnotes

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Bacon's rebellion (and others which followed: see War of the Regulation in North Carolina) was the result of discontent among back-country farmers who had taken the law into their own hands. Many of the farmers were debtors: borrowing on the strength of paper money was stopped by the British Government, leading to even more discontent against the merchant classes. In 1763 the end of the French and Indian War caused a serious depression, when farm prices fell and farmers found themselves subject to heavy taxation and mortgage foreclosures. Th ...

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At the end of the Civil War, Soviet Russia was exhausted and ruined. The droughts of 1920 and 1921 and the frightful famine during the latter year added the final chapter to the disaster. In the years following the October Revolution, epidemics, starvation, fighting, executions, and the general economic and societal breakdown had taken some twenty million lives. Another million persons had left Russia - with General Wrangel, through the Far East, or in numerous other ways - in order to escape the ravages of the war or to escape one or more of the warring faction ...

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The year 70 AD started with the odds favoring the rebels. Two legions were still besieged at Castra Vetera and the rest of the Roman army was not large enough to cope with the revolt. Apart from the Batavian rebellion, the Trevirans and Lingones had declared the independence of Gaul. Julius Sabinus, the rebel emperor, managed to persuade the I Germanica and XVI Gallica to come over to his side. At Castra Vetera the situation was desperate. Food supplies had run out and the besieged legions were eating horses and mules to survive. With no prospect of a relief, the c ...

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Batavian rebellion, Batavian rebellion - Prologue, Batavian rebellion - The beginning, Batavian rebellion - Castra Vetera, Batavian rebellion - The rebellion continues, Batavian rebellion - The Empire counters

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The followers of Bokero's movement were poorly armed with cap guns, spears, and arrows, sometimes poisoned. However, they were numerous, and wearing millet stalks around their foreheads, they started from the Matumbi Hills in the southern part of what is now Tanzania and attacked German garrisons throughout the colony. In the south of the colony, German forces amounted to 458 Europeans and 588 native soldiers. Nonetheless, the Germans used their superior firepower to their advantage. At Mahenge, several thousand Maji rebels (led by another s ...

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Maji Maji Rebellion, Maji Maji Rebellion - Background, Maji Maji Rebellion - The rebellion, Maji Maji Rebellion - Aftermath and interpretation

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Throughout history many different groups that used violent methods were called rebels. In the U.S, the term was used for the Continentals by the British in the Revolutionary War and the Confederacy by the Union in the American Civil War. It also includes members of paramilitary forces who take up arms against an established government. For example, the Boxer rebellion was an uprising against Western commercial and political influence in China during the final years of the 19th century, and the Jacobite Risings which attempted to restore the deposed Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland were called the Jaco ...

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Under Rhode Island's charter, originally received from King Charles II of England in 1663, only landowners could vote. At the time, when most of the citizens of the colonies were farmers, this was considered fairly democratic. By the 1840s landed property worth at least $134 was required in order to vote. However as the industrial revolution reached North America and people moved into the cities, it created large numbers of people who could not vote. By 1829, 60% of the stat ...

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Dorr Rebellion, Dorr Rebellion - Precursors, Dorr Rebellion - The Rebellion, Dorr Rebellion - Dorr's Fate

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Shay's Rebellion was led by Daniel Shays, a war veteran. The crisis leading to the rebellion was precipitated by credit problems incurred after the American Revolutionary War, when many of the trade benefits of British colonialism vanished and British companies began to demand payment of debts. This debt ultimately trickled down to consumers, in large part to small farmers. In addition, the tax system at the time was highly regressive. As a result, many small farmers were forced to sell their land to meet their debts, ofte ...

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The second Desmond rebellion was sparked when James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald launched an invasion of Munster in 1579. During his exile in Europe, he had reinvented himself as a soldier of the counter-reformation, arguing that since the Pope's excommunication of Elizabeth I in 1570 Irish Catholics no longer owed loyalty to a heretic monarch. The Pope granted Fitzmaurice an "indulgence" and supplied him with troops and treasure. The Catholic King of Spain accepted Ireland into his possessions, pending the expulsion of the English. Fitzmaurice la ...

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Fitzmaurice launched his rebellion by attacking the English colony at Kerrycurihy in north Cork in June 1569. In response, Sidney mobilised large forces of English troops, Gaelic clans antagonistic to the Geraldines, and Ormonde's men, and began devastating the lands of Fitzmaurice's allies. Fitzmaurice's forces broke up, as individual lords had to retire to defend their own territories. Sidney forced Fitzmaurice into the mountains of Kerry, from where he launched hit and run attacks on the English and their allies. By 1570, most of F ...

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Desmond Rebellions, Desmond Rebellions - Causes, Desmond Rebellions - The First Desmond Rebellion, Desmond Rebellions - The Second Desmond Rebellion, Desmond Rebellions - The Aftermath, Desmond Rebellions - Sources

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