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Rebellion is a 2016 historical drama television serial written and created by Colin Teevan for RTÉ. The series is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the 1916 Easter Rising. The story is told through the perspective of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events. The series was produced to commemorate the 100th ...
Resistance. (miniseries) Resistance (released as Rebellion Season 2 on Netflix) is a 2019 television miniseries written by Colin Teevan for Irish broadcaster RTÉ, dramatising the events surrounding the Irish War of Independence. [1][2] Set during the time of Bloody Sunday in 1920, it is a sequel to the 2016 mini-series, Rebellion, which was ...
The American Revolution – 1994 A&E miniseries starring Kelsey Grammer and Charles Durning. Thomas Jefferson – 1997 three-part television documentary by Ken Burns. Liberty! The American Revolution - 1997 six-episode PBS documentary miniseries. Benjamin Franklin - 2002 TV series about Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner , the rebels, made up of enslaved African Americans , killed between 55 and 65 white people , making it the deadliest slave revolt for the latter racial group in U.S ...
The Zapatista Uprising has been credited for long-term changes in Mexico, including the state's increasing democratization, as a result of the strengthening of Mexican civil society. [9] After the uprising, civilians continued to mobilize for further inclusion and expansion of human rights, democracy, healthcare, and education in Mexico. [10]
1855–1856: The Karakalpak Rebellion by the Karakalpak leader Ernazor Alakoz against the Khanate of Khiva [ 178 ][ 179 ][ 180 ] 1855–73: The Panthay Rebellion by Chinese Muslims against the Qing dynasty. 1857: The Indian rebellion against British East India Company, marking the end of Mughal rule in India.
Shays's Rebellion. Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades. [2][3][4] The fighting took place in the areas around Springfield during 1786 and ...
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, [1] anti-war sentiment, civil rights urgency, youth counterculture within the silent and baby boomer generations, and popular rebellions against state militaries and bureaucracies.