Rebellion Essay Examples

‘Rebellion Through Music’ by Heather Wendtland talks about the idea of youth, who through the listening and usage of music, are able to mark out their identities. She expounds the ironies involved, the lyrical connotations in particular, and how youth are still able to accept what’s perceived as ‘wrong’ and use it to their advantage. […]

A courthouse filled with white planters and judges, is surrounded by a mob of hundreds of black labourers, and set ablaze. A white flag calling for peace is put out, at which the people scoff. Anyone trying to flee is hacked to pieces. In the end twenty-five people are dead, including eighteen justices, magistrates, and […]

Rome’s response was hindered due to the pre-occupied Roman legions, already involved in quelling an uprising in Spain and the Third Mithridatic War. Additionally, the Romans viewed the insurrection more as a law enforcement issue than a war. Thus, Rome sent a militia led by praetor Gaius Claudius Glaberus to siege the slaves on the […]

What provoked the Whiskey Rebellion? How did the government respond? In your answer, discuss the foundations and precedents of the conflict as well as the significance of the government’s response. Secretary of the treasure, Andrew Hamilton, need a way to tackle the unpaid Revolutionary War debt. He decided not to tax the general import but […]

During the 1920’s and 1930’s, most people held the ideology that systems of governance like Nazism or communism were the best systems and nothing could be truer. These people had no belief, whatsoever, in the ideology of democracy, that is, the majority rule. Moreover, they did not see the democracy as a viable replacement to […]