Boxer Rebellion

1676 Nathanial Bacon led a rebellion against Governor William Berkeley, the rebellion was called Bacon’s Rebellion. This rebellion brought people of similar ideology about class together to fight for what they believed to be justice. Both Africans and Englishmen joined together under Bacon to rebel against the Native Indians having access to more land. This rebellion would eventually be engrained into the to the ideology surrounding America as “White Supremacy.” The rebellion draws upon issues…

The war for the separation of the two regions was very complex, covered multiple issues, too many people died, and cost an enormous amount of money. The Whiskey Rebellion was an important couple of years which tested the United States Leadership and the policies they created. The second and third order of effects of the Whiskey Rebellion are just as important as the events as these events would go on shape American politics and the way the citizens viewed their government. Illegal taxation…

Taiping rebellion was a cruel and merciless war lasted for 14 years during the middle of the 18th century of China. The leader Hong Xiuquan was the son of a farmer and desiring success under the ruling of Qing. However, he eventually decided to fight against Qing imperial force after four times of failure in the imperial civil examination. He dreamed that he is the son of God and came the under the influence of Christian missionaries. He believed that his destiny is to save the people from…

Westerners sought to control vast territories though the new imperialism by using their advanced technology to force nations and colonies to give control over to them. Before the 1800s europe had little control over china, india or africa but after the industrial revolution they gained so much influence they brought much of the world under their control. This matter because one of the reasons for the expansions was social darwinism. This Lead westerners to see themselves as superior and rob…

Gabriel's Conspiracy Gabriel’s Conspiracy, named after an enslaved blacksmith, Gabriel Prosser, took place in the spring and summer of 1800. This revolt included a group of enslaved African American men, free black men, and a few white workers. The plan was to attack Richmond, Virginia, in hopes with destroying slavery in Virginia. Born into slavery in the year 1776, Gabriel Prosser, later became the leader (the most important leader) of an unsuccessful slave revolt…

However, they differ because the Haitian Revolution was more involved in slave rebellions and its outcome was more successful when compared to the French Revolution. Revolutions in general can have more than one cause and effect; Different revolutions can be related to each like how the French Revolution triggered the Haitian Revolution…

Shays’ Rebellion Narrator (Aline):Times were hard for farmers in western massachusetts. Many of them owed money. When farmers couldn’t pay their debts, the court took away their farms. Families left without fathers and mothers were forced to beg in the streets. Rebellion leader (Rodgelyn): You're throwing me in jail because I can't pay my debts? I borrowed that money I owed because the government asked me to, so I could buy more grain to grow food for your army and the French army. (someone…

One of the most unique and misguided events in colonial american history in Bacon’s rebellion. What makes it so interesting is that it did not consist of a lower class rising up against the elite because they were feeling oppressed. Instead a fear of an outside force, the native Americans, drove 17th century Virginians to take sides in a racial war. What started as a conflict between one planter and a small group of natives escalated until both sides were massacring the other and Virginians were…

In the 1670s, the leaders of Virginia struggled to develop a unified plan to manage the economic, social, and political arrangements that governed the colony. Expansion of the colonial frontier in search of cultivatable land to create a diversified economy centered around the tobacco industry led to increased tensions with Indian tribes throughout the region. While the gentry sought to preserve Indian peace as a vital component of trade, frontiersmen had to subject themselves to unmitigated…

In these few decades, China’s economic has growth efficiently and the country is developing rapidly. However, in the 19th century and early 20th century , many Chinese were living under privation whether in cities or rural areas. As a result, many Chinese had the “American dream”: immigrating to the United States to get away from hardship and anticipate for life improvement. Indeed, their main goal was to “gold digging” meaning to earn money for better survival and able to contribute even a…