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    Government and the people have dealt with rebellion. Rebellion is a resistance of people against their rulers or the person in charge. Rebellion can start in many ways. People can cause a rebellion by not having what they need‚ like food or money‚ or something on a much larger scale‚ such as war. Rebellion can be caused by something that may seem much smaller‚ like the people feeling they don’t have a voice or people being easily offended. No matter the size‚ Rebellion has always been a problem in

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    underlying causes and the unfortunate consequences of Bacon’s Rebellion. Bacon’s Rebellion had been led by Nathaniel Bacon and had been a struggle to acquire improved land boundaries for those who owned land past the line declared to belong to the Native Americans. The governor at the time had feared the Natives greatly and promised them land they would not cross neglecting the fact free indentured servants owned land there and are susceptible to Native American attacks. Nathaniel Bacon had several

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    Many thought these taxes on luxuries were an abuse of the power of federal government‚ particularly the South because they did not have a very robust economy themselves. In fact‚ the U.S. tariff on whiskey caused the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The Whiskey Rebellion started out in certain counties in Western Pennsylvania‚ where protesters used violence and intimidation to prevent federal officials

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    Chapter 4 Key Terms Pontiac’s Rebellion: (1763) Indian chief Pontiac led a major attack against the colonies. The British did not rely on colonial forces‚ but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion Proclamation Act of 1763: Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. British hoped it would prevent violence between Native Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the law‚ moving to the west of the mountains in large numbers (1763) Sugar

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    Almost every child will have rebellion during their growing process. Some of them will behave quiet different from parents’ expectation. They often argue with their parents‚ easily get angry‚ do not do what their parents tell them to do‚ and even do some dangerous activities like drinking or having drugs. Knowing the important cause and potential effects of teenage rebellion is very necessary. The most important cause of teenage rebellion is parents’ unconscious control. Usually‚ parents always

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    One of the ways that slaves defied slavery was to run away. Nat‚ like every other slave‚ was prone to this sort of rebellion. One of the first of a series of shocks in Nat Turner’s life was when his father ran away from Benjamin Turner’s place and supposedly escaped to the North. Apparently‚ no one knew why he left aside the assumption of hatred for the institution that kept him in bondage. This desire for freedom in Nat’s father was strong enough to make him sacrifice his wife and Nat‚ his only

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    Slavery has been the product of growing civilizations and society since the time of the Egyptians. Started by the need for labor slavery became the preferred method of labor. With a growing economy‚ many were unable to find enough help on the farms and plantations started in the colonies. The plantation owners in the south depended more on the workers‚ and fueled the need for slavery. In the South the main colonial exports consisted of cotton‚ and tobacco. In the beginning the plantation were

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    (Streissguth 13). How did slaves react to the cruel treatment of slave owners? The severe actions of slave owners towards their slaves led to several revolts and rebellions. Of all the slave revolts‚ one of the most notorious and successful was the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion of 1831. Before the Civil War‚ an abundant amount of slaves lived a life with harsh labor and treatment. The living conditions of slaves resulted in several revolts against slave owners. All the slave rebellions resulted in the

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    Slavery is a form of forced labour in which people are considered to be the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand wages. The Bussa rebellion was short-lived. There were a number of reasons for which this rebellion had taken place. The reasons included the mistreatment of the slaves by the slaves by the planters‚ the desire to acquire freedom of the slaves and

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    declared that the colonies were in protection of Britain during the war‚ also known as parliamentary sovereignty. Along with the debt‚ there were tensions with the natives in the land due to the decreasing space in proportion to the British expansion of territory. The Treaty of Paris of 1763 was also signed‚ giving French control over Canada to Britain. While there were still disputes over how government revenue should be raised‚ the occurrence of these events

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