Boxer Rebellion

During the 16th century in Germany the peasants began to feel and notice the unfair treatment from all non-peasants. They became so frustrated with their unfair treatment that they began to form groups and revolt against the upper classes of Germany. If the German authorities were not so greedy they could have ended the peasant results with no trouble at all but instead they were greedy and the peasants took advantage. There were many causes that lead to the peasant revolts in Germany.…

There are many reasons that can urge someone to commit an act of rebellion. When one feels that his or her civil-rights, human rights, and beliefs are under attack that person is most likely to become rebellious. The term coined with this kind of rebellion or resistance per se is “Rebel”. What is a “Rebel”? A rebel is someone who resists a body of government or the government itself, a system, a group, a church etc., to overthrow whatever he or she thinks is wrong doing. This person feels the…

Even in a job that does not reflect masculinity, this rebel photographer can express masculine traits by defying authority to capture an impeccable snapshot. He operates under the social media alias Vic Invades, exploring the uncharted territories of New York City as an artist. Upon watching the brief documentary featuring this urban explorer on the front page of the New York Times, it struck me as a key example of masculinity in an artistic profession. The documentary first depicts Vic’s group…

America and in the Sothern colony of Virginia, some examples would be the Pueblo Rebellion, and Bacon’s Rebellion. Taking place in South America the Pueblo Rebellion reflects the tensions between the lower class Indians and the higher class Spanish colonist. Taking place in the colony of Virginia, Bacon’s Rebellion reflects the tension between the lower class farmers, and the higher class plantation owners. These two rebellions may have taken place two very different areas of the Americas,…

The Peasant Rebellion began with a local meeting composed of the village commune. The assemblage was a coming together of protestors that trespassed the boundaries of villages and lordships, which expressed rudimentary regional identity. This association of people took on an organizational form as a “band.” The bands were made up of peasants protesting against the government, which created the problem of feeding and supplying themselves. The major battles of the Peasants’ War resulted in…

problems it would lead to rebellion and then the world would go down in shambles. The government starts with hinting at rebellion due to lower districts having to find any way to fend for themselves, all because of low resources. Families, and the gathering of districts is a major way to start a rebellion. There are many factors to take into play as to why these families and districts from all over would bind together to bring down the government. Being poor is equal to a rebellion because they…

During Shays’ Rebellion, Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison in a private letter, “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” Though he wrote while Daniel Shays led an armed insurrection of 4,000 veterans in Massachusetts, I believe Jefferson, when he wrote of “a little rebellion”, referred not to large-scale violent events such as Shays’ Rebellion and the American Revolution, but instead to periodic…

writer Oscar Wilde “disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history is man 's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress had been made. Though disobedience and through rebellion.” Many in an effort to become independent will rebel or disobey authorities or even parents. This rebellion often begins when we are teenagers and have the mentality that we can do anything we want. That was the case for Lola as well as myself, who as teenagers rebelled and ran away from our…

During the war in Sierra Leone, both Ishmael Beah and Mariatu Kamara experienced the war personally, giving first-hand accounts of all the incidents, however, Beah emphasized more on how the war affected the society and the entire country, while Kamara only described how the war had an effect on her life rather than the society as a whole. In A Long Way Gone, Beah emphasizes the chaos and destruction that the war brought upon not just his village but the entire society, in people's behaviours…

King Richard II’s Underserved Loyalty by the Commoners Wat Tyler’s Rebellion was written after 1381 by an anonymous author to persuade the readers that King Richard II did not deserve the loyalty and devotion put forth by the commons. The author provides the reader with a chronicle of the peasant’s revolt in which he presents the commons’ reasons for revolting and how the King reacts to each interaction with the commons. The peasants are portrayed as justified in their actions, while the King…