Unit 4: Internal and External Challenges to State Power

pueblo revolt: when and where did it occur?

1680, Santa Fe

pueblo revolt: internal or external challenge to state power

internal

pueblo revolt: who/what group was challenged the power of the state?

a coalition of Navajos, Pueblos, and Apaches

pueblo revolt: what were the results? were the challenges successful or not? where there long-term outcomes?

-established a government that lasted 12 years
-drove out the spanish temporarily
-syncretic beliefs
-decreases demands

pueblo revolt: who/what were their demands and/or concerns?

-opposed demands for corn and labor
-against catholic missionaries

fronde: when and where did it occur?

1648-1653, in France

fronde: internal or external challenge to state power?

internal

fronde: who/what group was challenging the power of the state?

lower class / peasants and Mazarin

fronde: what were their demands and/or concerns?

-abolition of the office of intendant
-a reduction in the level of taille
-restoration of normal judicial procedure in registering financial edicts in the parliament

fronde: what were the results? were the challenges successful or not? what were the long-term outcomes?

-it was successful
-the manner in which the king's authority has been exercised
-gave foundation for the French revolution

ana nzinga's resistance: when and where did it occur?

late sixteenth century / early seventeenth century, central african coast

ana nzinga's resistance: internal or external challenge to state power?

external: it was an african woman who led the revolution to stop the trade of slaves

ana nzinga's resistance: who/what group was challenging the power of the state?

one of the rulers of african, queen nzinga of angola fought against slave trade and european influence

ana nzinga's resistance: what were their demands and/or concerns?

ana nzinga partnered with portugal to have a partner in the fight against its african enemies; ending portuguese slave raiding

ana nzinga's resistance: what were the results? were the challenges successful or not? what were the long-term outcomes?

-after 25 years of conflict with portugal, nzinga made peace with them
-peace treaty benefitted purtugal overall
-portugal would later conquer angola from the lands they gained

metacom's war/king phillip's war: when and where did it occur?

1675-1676, southern new england

metacom's war/king phillip's war: internal or external challenges to state power?

external

metacom's war/king phillip's war: who/what group was challenging the power of the state?

native american's chief was wampanog chief metacom

metacom's war/king phillip's war: what were their demands and/or concerns?

-natives wanted to keep their land and wanted colonists off of it
-they did not want to be ruled by the colonists

metacom's war/king phillip's war: what were the results? were the challenges successful or not? what were the long-term consequences?

-one of the bloodiest wars in the US capita, natives were killed and captures as slaves, indentured servants, or chattel slaves, and stopped resisting, although many English were killed, it started the way to additional english settlements

maroon societies: when and where did it occur?

1500s, Caribbean and the Americas

maroon societies: internal or external challenge to state power?

internal

maroon societies: who/what group was challenging the power of the state?

-enslaved Africans
-indigenous people

maroon societies: what were their demands and/or concerns?

-being enslaved
-lack of money
-being caught

maroon societies: what were the results? were the challenges successful or not? what were the long-term outcomes?

-people living in mountains trying to escape forced labor
-harsh weather, clearing land, and lack of resistance
-some were stressful, some weren't
-led to many free slaves, social organization, and civil

north american slave resistance: when and where did it occur?

1663-1865, north america

north american slave resistance: internal or external challenge to state power?

internal

north american slave resistance: who/what group was challenging the power of the state?

slaves revolted against plantation owners

north american slave resistance: what were their demands and/or concerns?

-wanted freedom from the plantation
-they stormed stores/businesses, murdered slave masters, and demanded equal life to others

north american slave resistance: what were the results? were the challenges successful or not? what were the long-term consequences?

-most revolts ended unsuccessfully with most being captured and sent back to work
-was a big impact because of lots of dead plantation owners and businesses destroyed

Explain the effects of the development of state power from 1450-1750

State expansion and centralization led to resistance from many social, political, and economic groups on a local level. Slave resistance challenged existing authorities in the Americas. For example, the establishment of Maroon societies in the Caribbean and Brazil, North American slave resistance. There were also Pueblo revolts, Cossack revolts, and Maratha conflict with the Mughals.