Important APUSH Rebellions

APUSH Rebellions Flashcards

Pueblo Revolt

Indigenous uprising against Spanish colonizers in present-day New Mexico, temporarily driving out the Spanish (1680) - Unit 1.

Bacon's Rebellion

Virginia colonists led by Nathaniel Bacon rebelled against Governor William Berkeley over frontier defense and Native American policy (1676) - Unit 2

Stono Rebellion

Slave uprising in South Carolina; largest slave rebellion in colonial America (1739) - Unit 2

American Revolution

Colonial uprising against British rule (1775-1783) - Unit 3

Shays' Rebellion

Massachusetts farmers protesting debt collection and tax policies; influenced Constitutional Convention (1786-1787) - Unit 3

Whiskey Rebellion

Western Pennsylvania farmers protesting federal excise tax on whiskey; first test of federal authority (1794) - Unit 3.

Nat Turner's Rebellion

Violent slave uprising in Southampton County, Virginia (1831) - Unit 4

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Failed attempt to initiate slave insurrection (1859) - Unit 5

New York City Draft Riots

Violent protests against Civil War conscription (1863) - Unit 5

Great Railroad Strike

Railroadworkers' strike in 1877 that protested wage cuts and working conditions, leading to nationwide unrest. Unit 6

Homestead Strike

Violent labor conflict at Carnegie Steel plant (1892) - Unit 6.

Pullman Strike

It was a nationwide railroad strike that occurred in 1894, protesting wage cuts and high rents in company-owned housing. Unit 6

Wounded Knee

Final armed conflict in the American Indian Wars (1890) - Unit 6