Questions tagged [rebellion]
Questions about armed resistance against a state, ruler, or other polity.
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Did the Dutch eat their Prime Minister?
According to this article an angry—one might add hungry—Dutch mob feasted on the mutilated remains of their ‘Grand Pensionary’ (i.e. Prime Minister) De Witt and his brother:
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How exactly did the government work with very large empires? [closed]
In planning my fictional worlds, I have come to wonder how exactly large empires worked, the main question being, how did they manage to keep control over such a large space in a manner that allowed ...
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What was the reasoning behind the Washington Committee's complaint to the Liquor Tax during the Whiskey Rebellion?
The tax was on distilled liquor and the first ever levied by the United States on a domestic product. The town of Washington, Pennsylvania, held a meeting concerning this tax and they adopted a ...
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What did the English people during the Peasants' Revolt know about the Ciompi Revolt?
The Ciompi revolt started in Florence in June 1378 and the Peasants' Revolt started in England in May 1381, just three years later.
Did the news about Ciompi Revolt reach England in three years?
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How did William the Conqueror consolidate his military victory?
Seems to me once you have won the war, your troubles are just beginning.
You've got a small number of men few that can speak the local language. How do you go about putting your men in charge, ...
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What did the Jews during the First Jewish-Roman War know about other anti-Roman revolts?
The first Jewish-Roman War started in 66 CE. When I read about it, it sounds so futile: you have a group of zealots (literally and figuratively) revolting against a professional army from the period's ...
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What proportion of revolutions that overthrew tyrannical regimes made things as bad or worse? [closed]
I realize that a phrase like "as bad or worse" is subjective. By what metric do we decide if a new regime is "better" or "worse" than an old one?
However, I want to know if this is a known area of ...
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What role has a generally armed populace had on resisting a **potentially repressive government?**
I've been seeing a meme to the effect, "If the Jews had guns they wouldn't have all gone to the death camps" This has usually been cited by a 2nd amendment advocate
One of the answers has a line, "......