Unit 4.5 - Internal and external Challenges to State Power

rebellion came from both within …. and …

the interiors, the exteriors

how did Africa resist Portugal

forging and breaking alliances

most resistance in Russia came from…

the interior

what group in Russia was rebellious?

peasants

why did Russia keep serfdom?

control peasants and benefit landowners

how did peasants in Russia sink into serfdom?

high tributes and taxes

how was Russia different from the rest of Europe?

it kept serfdom

what were the Cossacks?

runaway fighting serfs

the Cossacks were most similar to what group of people?

Mongols

what was the Pugachev Rebellion?

an attempt to overthrow Catherine the Great

how did the Pugachev Rebellion socially affect Russia?

by causing even more repression of the peasants

slave rebellions were common in areas where…

slaves outnumbered owners

what was the Metacom war?

Native American’s final attempt to force out the British

what happened in England?

Catholic James II was replaced by Protestant William

after William took power…

the English throne became always Protestant