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    Revolts in the Philippines

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    REVOLTS DURING THE SPANISH OCCUPATION IN THE PHILIPPINES Name | Leader | Time and Year | Cause of Revolt | Result of Revolt | Comment | 1. Dagami Revolt | Chief Dagami | 1565 - 1566 | re-establish the rights and powers that had traditionally belonged to tribal chiefs and Chinese traders. | The most important of those revolts led to the expulsion of a number of Chinese from the Philippines‚ but they were later allowed to return. | The revolt was unsuccessful because Chief Dagami was betrayed

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    Migration. The Puritans did like the way the Anglican Church was being ran‚ so they many of them came to America and set up the Massachusetts Bay colony. The leader of this Colony was John Winthrop. The Puritans believed through religion and hard work they could build a perfect commuity. The Puritans influenced the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies using religion. The Puritans had many influences on the political outcome of the New England colonies. The Puritans form

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    The Spartacus Revolt

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    The Spartacus revolt is different from the two Sicilian island ones. The slaves revolting were not herdsmen or farmers‚ instead Spartacus led a revolt of gladiators. Gladiators were men who were trained to fight each other to death for the entertainment of Roman public. Gladiators were not never the same amount of treat that a farm slave or same amount of freedom a herdsmen slave would get. The life of gladiators was not a very promising one with the idea you would die for people enjoyment and had

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    Revolt of Mother

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    Devante Withers AP Literature Mrs. Choate 10/16/12 Mary Freeman’s “The Revolt of ‘Mother‚”’ can be described as local color or regional literature. Local color or regional literature can be described as fiction that focuses on the characters‚ dialect‚ customs‚ topography‚ and other features particular to a region. “(Campbell). She reflects this type of literature through the characters‚ setting‚ and theme. Regionalism focuses on the formal an informal‚analyzing the attitudes characters

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    Revolt of 1857

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    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also known as India’s First War of Independence‚ the Great Rebellion‚ the Indian Mutiny‚ the Revolt of 1857‚ the Uprising of 1857‚ the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny. The many names are the result of the conflict’s continuing importance to India’s national sense of identity. It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company’s army‚ against perceived race based injustices and inequities‚ on 10 May 1857‚ in the town of

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    Philippine Revolts

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    NAME OF REVOLT | LEADER | YEARS | LOCATION | CAUSES | RESULT | Dayami Revolt | Dayahi | 1567 | Island of Mactan | | | Lakandula and Sulayman Revolt | Lakandula and Rajah Sulayman | 1574 | Manila | This Revolt was caused by losing Sulayman and Lakandula’s kingdom when they were persuaded by Adelantado Legazpi to accept Spanish sovereignty on the promise that their people would be well-treated by the Spaniards.This was a revolt for personal reason. When Gov. Gen. Laezaris replaced Legaspi‚ he revoked

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    Dutch Revolt

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    Assignment 2 How significant was the Reformed faith for the success of the Dutch Revolt Essay plan??? My essay will begin with a chapter on when and why the revolt Started‚ and will then continue to explain and talk about the main participants in its continuance and then go on to talk about their individual beliefs and reasons for the revolts emergence and success. The Dutch revolt or the revolt of the Netherlands as it is also known as‚ started in 1566 and carried on until the early

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    The Protestant Revolt

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    Reformation swept through all of Western Europe‚ that was the most dramatic events of this great religious revolt took place in Germany. It was in Wittenberg‚ Saxony‚ that Martin Luther posted his list of propositions . 95 theses‚ in 1517 and he burned burned the papa bull in 1520. He was condemned by the Diet of Worms a year later. German nobles that were encouraged by Martin‚ put down the Peasants Revolt. That was another great event that ocurred in 1529 in the Reformation and that was when the word ’protestant’

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    Iranian Revolt

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    Iranian Revolt It was started October 1977 and developed into civil resistance. The revolt was not sudden. Though there were many tensions that made this revolt start such as being defeated in the Iran-Iraq war‚ national debt and the government threatening traditional Islamic values. The Iranian revolt was an uprising against the Shah government that began on January 19th‚ 1979 in the Iranian capital‚ Tehran. Ayatollah Khomeini was a Shiite Muslim who wanted to overthrow the Shah government. He

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    the Australian society. Colonies believed that they could defend themselves if they united with the economy. Transport made it easier to travel and transport goods interstate. There was also growth in national pride. In this essay it will display how these courses of action led to federation. The colonies decided it would be beneficial for them to unite because they could defend themselves. Prior to federation the colonies were ill-equipped to defend themselves. Each colony had its own militaries

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