Pugachev's Rebellion

Examples of Pugachev's Rebellion in the following topics:

• Catherine's Domestic Policies

  • This was one of the chief reasons behind ongoing rebellions.
  • These culminated in Pugachev's Rebellion, when, between 1773 and 1775, Yemelyan Pugachev rallied the peasants and Cossacks and promised the serfs land of their own and freedom from their lords.
  • Pugachev launched the rebellion in mid-September 1773.
  • By early September, the rebellion was crushed.
  • Pugachev was betrayed by his own Cossacks when he tried to flee and he was beheaded and dismembered in 1775 in Moscow.

• The Boxer Rebellion

• Gabriel's Rebellion

  • Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave revolt in Virginia in 1800 that was quelled before it could begin.
  • Numerous black slave rebellions and insurrections took place in North America during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
  • After plans for the rebellion were quelled, many slave holders greatly restricted the slaves' rights of travel.
  • For many southern white slave owners, Gabriel's Rebellion proved that slaves would tend toward rebellion and resistance if not kept forcibly contained and controlled.
  • For many slaves and free African Americans, the rebellion proved the power of strategic organization and resistance.

• Shay's Rebellion: 1786-1787

  • Shays' Rebellion (1786-7) against economic oppression challenged federal authority and partly affected the new Constitution being drafted.
  • Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787.
  • The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders.
  • The rebellion was precipitated by several economic factors beginning in 1785 when the states attempted to solve their debt problems.
  • Examine the impact of Shay’s Rebellion on the political debate during the Constitutional Convention

• Pursuing Both War and Peace

  • The petition was rejected, and in August 1775, A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition (or the Proclamation of Rebellion) formally declared that the colonies were in rebellion.
  • The Proclamation of Rebellion was written before the Olive Branch Petition reached the British.
  • In August 1775, upon learning of the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.
  • On October 26, 1775, King George III expanded on the Proclamation of Rebellion in his Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament.
  • The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was the era's largest slave insurrection.
  • Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during August 1831.
  • The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for over two months afterward.
  • Turner took this as the final signal, and began the rebellion a week later on August 21.
  • Evaluate the effect of Nat Turner’s rebellion in the southern black community

• Shay's Rebellion and the Revision of the Articles of Confederation

  • Shays' rebellion prompted the Boston elite and members of the central government to question the strength of the American government.
  • The state responded with troops sent to suppress the rebellion.
  • Thomas Jefferson, who was serving as ambassador to France at the time, refused to be alarmed by Shays' Rebellion.
  • In a letter to a friend, he argued that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.
  • Discuss the historical conditions that prompted Shay's Rebellion and its impact on the Articles of Confederation

• Decline of the Tang Dynasty

  • After the difficult suppression of the An Lushan Rebellion, the jiedushi increased their powers and accelerated the disintegration of the Tang dynasty.
  • The Tang dynasty, established in 618 CE, after experiencing its golden age entered its long decline, beginning with the An Lushan Rebellion by Sogdian general An Lushan.
  • The rebellion and subsequent disorder resulted in a huge loss of life and large-scale destruction.
  • The An Lushan Rebellion and its aftermath greatly weakened the centralized bureaucracy of the Tang dynasty, especially in regards to its perimeters.
  • Some lost faith in themselves, concluding that a lack of moral seriousness in intellectual culture had been the cause of the rebellion.

• Early Opposition to Slavery

  • The early 1800's witnessed attempted large-scale slave rebellions, including those planned by Gabriel Prosser.
  • Gabriel Prosser was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800.
  • On August 30, 1800, Gabriel intended to lead slaves into Richmond, but the rebellion was postponed because of rain.
  • After the rebellion, many slaveholders greatly restricted the slaves' rights of travel when not working.
  • Prior to the rebellion, Virginia law had allowed education of slaves to read and write, and the training of slaves in skilled trades.

• Pontiac's Uprising

  • British expansion into American Indian land after the French and Indian War led to resistance in the form of Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763.
  • The most organized resistance, Pontiac’s Rebellion, highlighted tensions the settler-invaders increasingly interpreted in racial terms.
  • Despite previous rumors of war, Pontiac's Rebellion began in 1763.
  • While the rebellion was decentralized at first, this fear of being surrounded helped the rebellion to grow.
  • The total loss of life resulting from Pontiac's Rebellion is unknown.