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  2. Soweto uprising - Wikipedia

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    The Soweto uprising, ... Images of the riots spread all over the world and shocked millions. The photograph of Hector Pieterson's dead body, ...

  3. Peasants' Revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...

  4. Mau Mau rebellion - Wikipedia

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    Majdalany also says the British simply used the name as a label for the Kikuyu ethnic community without assigning any specific definition. [22] However, there was a Maji Maji rebellion in German East Africa/Tanzania in 1905/6, ('Maji' meaning 'water' after a 'water-medicine') so this may be the origin of Mau Mau.

  5. Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia

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    A contemporary image of the massacre at the Satichaura Ghat. The killing of the women and children hardened British attitudes against the sepoys. The British public was aghast, and the anti-Imperial and pro-Indian proponents lost all of their support. Cawnpore became a war cry for the British and their allies for the rest of the conflict.

  6. Warsaw Uprising - Wikipedia

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    Warsaw Uprising; Part of Operation Tempest of the Polish Resistance and the Eastern Front of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Civilians construct an anti-tank ditch in Wola district; German anti-tank gun in Theatre Square; Home Army soldier defending a barricade; Ruins of BielaƄska Street; Insurgents leave the city ruins after surrendering to German forces; Allied transport planes ...

  7. Pueblo Revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than present-day New Mexico. [1]

  8. Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. [1] [2] [3] A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion.A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a portion of a state. [3]

  9. Intifada - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Intifada is an Arabic word for a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement.