APUSH Rebellions

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Bacon's Rebellion (1686)

VA; indentured servants were not given promised land after serving time period and not supported in Indian attacks; pushed west in frustration where Indian bloodshed occurred; convinces whites to use blacks for labor instead, and solidified class separation in South; first populist movement

Leisler's Rebellion (1691)

east against west NY; takes control of South after Glorious Revolution and Dominion of England; poor against the wealthy; colonists resist tight royal crown rule

Paxton Boys (1764)

Philadelphia: Irish vs. Quaker; mad at loose Quaker policy towards natives, killed 20 natives, and marched on Indian frontier; internal improvements

Regulator Movement (1771)

NC; farmers frustrated with British takes, inadequate representation, and legislation favoring the wealthy; foreshadows shays' and Whiskey Rebellions

Shays' Rebellion (1786)

MA: most important, debtors and backcountry farmers demanded cheaper money, lowered taxes, and a suspension of mortgage foreclosures; fear of "mobocracy" and want of stronger government

Whiskey Rebellion (1794)

PA; backcountry farmers mad at tax on whiskey, set fire, tarred and feather, talked of succession; proved federal government could ensure domestic tranquility under the constitution

Stono Rebellion (1739)

largest slave revolt; told if came to Florida, freedom would be granted; bloodshed upon fleeing; showed slave control could tighten with more restrictive laws

Nat Turner's Rebellion (1831)

VA; well educated slave led and killed 60 whites and then state executed 56 blacks; South passed laws called black codes prohibiting gathering in groups or of education

Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)

Ottawa chief led attack against whites in anger for encroaching; ordered Proclamation of 1763 prohibiting settlement west of Appalachians; used small pox blacks to quell uprising; convinced British to station troops on frontier

Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion (1800)

illiterate black slave planned revolt in Richmond and was crushed with him and 25 blacks hung; VA passed restrictions on free blacks prohibiting education, assembly, and hiring out of slaves to restrict chances of learning and future rebellions

Denmark Vesey Conspiracy (1822)

African Carribean bought freedom and planned biggest slave rebellion wanting to execute his enslavers and liberate Charlestown; revolt leaked out blacks tried, convicted, and executed; named a historical landmark