Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America‚ led by 29-year-old planter Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year In 1673‚ Nathaniel Bacon‚ a distant relative of Governor Berkeley‚ emigrated from England under murky circumstances and set up a small plantation on the James River. He rose rapidly in public esteem and was appointed to
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Powhatan The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten)‚ is the name of a Virginia Indian[1] tribe. It is also the name of a powerful group of tribes which they dominated. It is estimated that there were about 14‚000-21‚000 of these native Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607.[2] They were also known as Virginia Algonquians‚ as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries‚ a mamanatowick (paramount
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Stonechild‚ Blair. “The Indian View of the 1885 Uprising.” Readings in Canadian History: Post Confederation. Ed. R.D. Francis and D. B. Smith. Toronto: Nelson‚ Thompson Learning‚ 2002. 62-74. The 1885 Uprising is one of the defining moments in Canadian Aboriginal Peoples’ history. Though the historical account of this series of events‚ which led to the prosecution of many Aboriginal leaders‚ seems to be biased from both the official reports and Stonechild’s account‚ the political position
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Good morning/afternoon Mr murkins and fellow classmates.Today I will talking about uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto. At the capital of of poland‚the nazis established a ghetto in Warsaw between October‚ 1940.On November 16‚450‚000 Jews and refugees were forced inside the area of the ghetto.There were 2 parts of the ghetto the large part and the smaller one.Enclosed by brick walls that they made with their own hands‚the jews were separated from the rest of aryan people. People in the ghettos had to
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The Second Metis uprising The North West Rebellion was a brief conflict on the Canadian prairies in spring of 1885. But its outcome had a lasting affect on a nation. The man at the centre of uprising - Métis leader Louis Riel - had returned from exile to lead the second uprising in Canadas young history. On March 19‚ 1885‚ Riel formed a provisional government and armed force‚ centred in the small Saskatchewan town of Batoche. The strategy was to gain the Canadian governments attention regarding
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Corruption Perceptions Index 27 Outcomes of Corruption: 27 ROLE OF MEDIA IN ARAB SPRING: 28 Number of demographic structural factors 29 Economic Decline‚ Unemployment and Increasing poverty: 29 Social Unrest 30 OUTCOMES OF ARAB UPRISINGS 31 ARAB SPRING IN ETHNIC SCOPE: 31 IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ARAB SPRING: 34 IMPACTS OF ARAB SPRING ON WORLD: 36 INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS TO THE ARAB SPRING: 38 REACTION OF PAKISTAN TO THE ARAB SPRING: 39 ARAB SPRING’S EFFECTS ON WORLD
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The Warsaw Uprising of 1944: The Forgotten Heroes of the Poland The end of the Second World War was a time of jubilation. It was the end of a bloody conflict ripe with crimes against humanity. It was the triumph of good over evil against all odds. A victory produced by heroism and bravery of allied soldiers. The end of the war created an enormous amount of optimism about the future. It was a time to rebuild a world that had been left in shambles after half a
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colony. It is said that there were about 15‚000- 75‚000 Powhatan Indians when Jamestown was founded. The Powhatan Indians had villages set up each with their own chief whom all worked under the main chief “Powhatan” a name given to him by the English men. Jamestown was surrounded by briny marshes. The Indians of Jamestown told English that the river water was undrinkable when they arrived. In hope of the English leaving the Indians did not create conflict because many died during the due to malnutrition
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The 1956 Hungarian Uprising While the Hungarian uprising of 1956 cannot be considered a major international crisis of the Cold War‚ it does bear looking at as a regional challenge to Soviet domination and a demonstration of the Wests and the United Nations reluctance to become involved in the Soviet sphere of influence. The causes of the uprising can be traced to Hungarian nationalism and their almost sullen acceptance of the imposed communist government post world War Two. Hungary’s long history
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"Filipino uprisings" Chapter VII (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OF FILIPINO UPRISINGS) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF FILIPINO UPRISINGS The early missionaries learned the language of their flock and even their customs and traditions. They lived among the people as the father and mentors of the community. At times they took the sides of the natives against tax exaction of the state. They worked through the chiefs and established themselves as an additional authority. Greater power together with the decline
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