Slave rebellion

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…

Turner’s Fierce Rebellion is Stephen B. Oates’ account of the slave rebellion in Virginia’s Southampton County in 1831. Oates’ book is a historical narrative of the exploits of Nat Turner, a gifted black slave who marshaled servants into a bloody revolt against their masters. Oates analyzes the events that led to the revolt. He records the life of Nat Turner, and other slaves. Oates’ book is an attempt to justify the actions of Turner and his followers that led to the bloodiest slave revolt in…

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…

Whiskey Rebellion was an uprising of southwestern Pennsylvania distillers who were incensed by Hamilton’s excise of the exportation of whiskey two years earlier. Duties levied on alcohol considerably strained the commerce of backwoods communities where it represented the region’s major trade good, causing an outbreak of tarring-and-feathering revenue officers who attempted to collect the tax. Much like Shays’ Rebellion, Washington reacted with excessive force in response to a tiny rebellion of…

Chinese wanted peace and for poverty to become abolished, so the people started the Taiping Rebellion, which was led by Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan and his army successfully rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Imperial troops and British and French forces attacked the Taiping. After this the Taiping government was brought down by these attacks and many people died in the rebellion. The many rebellions and external pressure to modernize and interact from foreign powers in China led to the…

The Boxer Rebellion began in 1898 in the Qing Dynasty of China. During this rebellion there was an ongoing question of which side was fighting for the more “just” outcome because each had a very different opinion of what justice was. The Boxers were fighting against the British invaders and trying to unify China by ridding it of Christian influence. The foreigners were trying to make money by selling opium to the Chinese. Each side thought the other side is evil but they did not try to…

Introduction On September 2, 1885, a league of bitter white coal miners and their families took guns and axes to attack the local Chinatown, the immigrant workers living there defenseless as they were celebrating a homeland holiday. An estimated over thirty men killed, many more injured, the five hundred Chinese living there fled from the Union Pacific Railroad, where they worked for far lower wages than their white peers in hopes of gathering enough fortune to provide for their families back…

Hong Xiuquan and his followers were able to capture many cities, but ultimately were defeated by the Qing Dynasty because his behaviours after proclaiming his dynasty made him lose the right to become a ruler. In 1860, the Taipings attempted to gain strength by taking Shanghai, but were defeated by the “Ever-Victorious Army” who were led and trained by western leaders. After deciding that Hong was a threat to business they allied with the Qing armies to fight with the Taipings. Because of his…

Nathaniel Bacon led one of the most memorable uprisings in history. As a 29-year-old, he led a thousand Virginians to rebel against Virginia Governor William Berkeley. There were many tensions that led to the rebellion, many people who were included in the rebellion, and a few long term consequences of the rebellion’s failure. During the 17th century, many new settlers and indentured servants came to Virginia, which eventually caused tension between white freed men, indentured servants, and the…

China’s Rural Crisis: The Fall of Power The Qing dynasty ended in 1912 with a revolution; however, it had been declining for more than a century before it falls. Corruptions within the empire, population growth combined with food shortages, and the social unrest between the ethnic majority Han and the ruling Machus all contributed to Qing’s downfall. However, despite all of these internal issues, it was external pressures that caused the eventual collapse of the Qing society. Foreign…