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    must be paid regardless of the state of the economy. It further being common knowledge that the Federal Government of the United States was not allowed to levy taxes per the Articles of Confederation, as such this burden fell on the states. Shays Rebellion lead by Daniel Shays, was an uprising to close the courts and prevent property seizure of unpaid debts (Manning). In the foreword to Henry Knox’s, Secretary of War and Revolutionary War Artillery Commander, letter to George Washington it is…

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    The Power of Poverty I, Walter Hind, a Catholic captive of the English as a result of the Wars of Three Kingdoms, arrived in the colony of Virginia as an Irish servant in 1660. I was ordered to work as an indentured servant for a certain Mrs. Hannah Aston for a period of six years. With the decline of the economic power of Virginia, the favoritism shown towards wealthy landowners and the elite, and the injustice shown towards indentured servants such as me by making us work more years…

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    but also rallied Washington’s supporters to ally with him in hope of aiding his army to stop those who were rebelling. The Whiskey Rebellion was first proposed by Alexander Hamilton with hopes of helping the nation recover from its debt resulting from the Revolutionary War. Due to the Whiskey Tax, President Washington was forced to address the nation when a rebellion upraised from Western Pennsylvania farmers who were producing the whiskey, and were now…

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    States slave rebellions ended in defeat for the enslaved African Americans and harsher laws being enforced for both enslaved and free African Americans. (John Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom, Pg. 155). Even though the odds were stacked against the revolting slaves there were still many revolts and conspiracies to revolt in nineteenth century United States. Some key slave revolts and conspiracies were Gabriel Prosser’s conspiracy, Denmark Vesey’s conspiracy, and Nat Turner’s rebellion. Gabriel…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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