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The right of revolution only gave a people the right to rebel against unjust rule, not any rule: "whoever, either ruler or subject, by force goes about to invade the rights of either prince or people, and lays the foundation for overturning the constitution and frame of any just government, he is guilty of the greatest crime I think a man is ...
Feminism gained further currency within the protest movements of the late 1960s, as women in movements such as Students for a Democratic Society rebelled against the "support" role they believed they had been consigned to within the male-dominated New Left, as well as against perceived manifestations and statements of sexism within some radical ...
The rebel forces, being composed of a mix of classes and races – many slaves and indentured whites among them – inspired the passing of the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705. [2] Boston Revolt: April 18, 1689 Dominion of New England: Popular uprising against the rule of Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England. Dominion ...
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]
1857: The Indian rebellion against British East India Company, marking the end of Mughal rule in India. Also known as the 1857 War of Independence and, particularly in the West, the Sepoy Mutiny. 1858: The Mahtra War in Estonia. 1858: Pecija's First Revolt, in Ottoman Bosnia. 1858–61: The War of the Reform in Mexico.
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 ...
The right to resist has been put forward as a human right, although its scope and content are controversial. [2] The right to resist, depending on how it is defined, can take the form of civil disobedience or armed resistance against a tyrannical government or foreign occupation; whether it also extends to non-tyrannical governments is disputed. [3]
The resistance itself should be classified under Category:Rebellion. In addition, this category is meant to collect historical rebels. The classification of rebels vs. revolutionaries, terrorists, insurgents, or freedom fighters is a controversial one.