refers to the peasants as dogs and is generally cruel towards their cause. Though a religious reformer, his dependence on the German nobility would not allow him to support the peasants; therefore his point of view is one in support of quelling the rebellions. The peasants may not have had the support of their greatest religious inspiration but they still drew on his word in order to justify their fight. The peasants claim that because all men are equal under the eyes of god, they have just as much divine
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How far do you agree with the view that the rebellions of 1549 did not pose a political threat to the Tudor regime? There are conflicting views over how politically threatening the rebellions of 1549 were. Guy puts forward the view that ‘the 1549 revolts were the closest thing Tudor England saw to a class war’ which is further supported by Fellows’ view in source 2 that ‘1549 saw two serious rebellions...which some historians believe brought England close to a class war.’ However, to contrast, David
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Rebellion In many countries, it is tough and hard for many to live due to the country having many problems and giving hardships and unfairness to the people. This tends to make the people of the country very angry at what they go through and then this starts to causes a rebellion because the people of the country try to make changes and make it easier for them. But in some countries, the idea of a rebellion wasn’t taken so lightly. Some rebellions were treated with gun fire and others were treated
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My definition of rebel forces is a group of inidividuals who are strongly against the laws of a country and devoted to over throw the ruling government of that country. Rebel forces are led by rebel leaders who's words are rules and and are treated as semi-gods by fellow group memebers. Such rebel groups ususally have little or no tolerance for citizens that are not in favor of their ways because any such citizen is by deemed against them and by default in support of the regime they detest. THe
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The Taiping Rebellion is was a Mass Movements that took place in mid-XIX Century China. This was a “radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20,000,000 lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty”. The Qing Dynasty is also known as the Manchu dynasty. In Eric Hoffers book The True Believer he mentions that Mass Movements are powerful because they are full of fervor and if a
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Whisky Rebellion Phill V Advanced Placement American History A.P. Test Review Activity: Putting the Workspace to the Test One of my consistent recommendations for review for objective tests has been to review as if you were preparing for an essay test. Pose a question dealing with a key theme – go back in to your outline and see if you could bullet out four or five key points that you would need to consider in order to answer the question. Write a statement considering what factors you would
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(Simile), and is rebellious. Katniss must choose if she wants to be the Mockingjay, also known as rebellion leader, against the Capitol. She ends up choosing to because she wants to destroy
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can the rebellions of 1549 be considered a key turning point in the changing nature of rebellion against Tudor rule in England 1485 to 1587? The period between 1485 and 1587 sprouted a large amount of rebellions during the reign of the Tudors. The 1549 rebellions can be seen as significant in the changing nature of rebellion based on numerous factors. Yet were there any other rebellions which contributed more to the changing nature? What may have influenced the changing nature of rebellion was the
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Bacon’s Rebellion [Instructor’s name] [Class Title] [Date] Bacon’s Rebellion Introduction The historical event discussed in this paper is Bacon’s rebellion. Bacon’s rebellion was an uprising in colonial Virginia in North America that took place in 1676. The rebellion was considered first in history. It was among the first uprising against British authority by the colony and it was the first event that Blacks and Whites, rich and poor, grouped together under
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While foreigners were building railroads and other forms of industrialization, they would sneak up and kill them. They were also responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Chinese Christians. The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising of the Righteous Harmony Society against the West in northern China between 1898 and 1901. The Boxers began as an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist peasant based movement. It is also said to be a religious revolution against national corruption in the form of foreign
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