The 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising on April 18, 1689, against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England. A...
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slave revolts grew ominous in the Southern United States. In political crises, militia were sometimes used for a coup d'état, as in Boston in 1689. If they...
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Leisler's Rebellion (redirect from Leisler's revolt)
and ruled it from 1689 to 1691. The uprising took place in the aftermath of England's Glorious Revolution and the 1689 Boston revolt in the Dominion of...
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina 1680 - Pueblo Revolt 1689 - Cochecho Massacre, June 28 1689 - Boston revolt, Angered Bostonians rose up against the royal...
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Nat Turner's Rebellion (redirect from Nat Turner Revolt)
Americans, killed between 55 and 65 White people, making it the deadliest slave revolt for the latter racial group in U.S. history. The rebellion was effectively...
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The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street) was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers...
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Dominion of New England (category States and territories disestablished in 1689)
the Glorious Revolution in England reached Boston in 1689, and the Puritans launched the 1689 Boston revolt against Andros, arresting him and his officers...
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the creation of the Dominion of New England in 1686. Following the 1689 Boston revolt and collapse of the dominion, it again served as the governing document...
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increasingly unpopular. On April 18, 1689, he was overthrown due to a brief revolt. The Dominion was not reestablished. Boston's first circulating library was...
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List of revolutions and rebellions (redirect from List of revolutions and revolts)
Ongoing conflict 1847: The Taos Revolt in New Mexico against the United States. 1847: The Sonderbund War, a revolt by the Swiss Confederation against...
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The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York between 1839 and 1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence...
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(Reprints a petition to the state legislature.) Middleton, Lamar (1968) [1938]. Revolt, USA. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press. OCLC 422400. Minot, George...
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Edmund Andros (section Revolt)
His actions in New England resulted in his overthrow during the 1689 Boston revolt. He became governor of Virginia three years later. Andros was considered...
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very unpopular Edmund Andros. After the Glorious Revolution, the 1689 Boston revolt, and the removal of Andros, the colonies could return to an informal...
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initial excitement over the battle died down, many newsmen, especially in the Boston area, began to question the reasons behind the rebellion and investigated...
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colonists and Crown officials, particularly given that it had followed the Boston Massacre in 1770. Crown officials in Rhode Island aimed to increase their...
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uprising in Maryland involving John Coode and Josias Fendall took place in 1689. The alliance between European indentured servants and Africans (a mix of...
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Stono Rebellion (section Events of the revolt)
Rebellion (also known as Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave revolt that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was...
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Massachusetts 1689 Boston revolt Boston bread riot (1710–1713) Knowles Riot (1747) Liberty affair (1768) Boston Massacre (1770) Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787)...
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out of town on horseback. This incident is credited with inspiring the Boston Tea Party, which significantly contributed to the start of the American...
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Joseph Dudley (category People from colonial Boston)
administration of the Dominion of New England (1686–1689), which was overthrown in the 1689 Boston revolt. He served briefly on the council of the Province...
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and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by himself (New, revised ed.). Boston: De Wolfe & Fiske Co. Malin, James C. (August 1953). "Judge Lecompte and...
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possesses a fragment of it. Andros was overthrown in Boston two years later in the 1689 Boston revolt, and the Dominion of New England was dissolved. The...
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in Pennsylvania German, the Heesses-Wasser Uffschtand, was an armed tax revolt among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers between 1799 and 1800. It was the third...
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1811 German Coast uprising (redirect from German Coast Revolt)
which they have been joined by some descendants of participants in the revolt. The sugar boom on what was known as Louisiana's German Coast (named for...
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dominion collapsed in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution propelled William and Mary to the English throne, and prompted the 1689 Boston revolt, in which Andros...
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John Hancock (category Boston Latin School alumni)
profitable mercantile business from his uncle. He began his political career in Boston as a protégé of Samuel Adams, an influential local politician, though the...
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