Michael Collins

Prior to the Western rising, also known as the Prayer Book rebellion, England had experienced uprisings. The Amicable Grant uprising in 1525 and the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 are just two examples of monumental uprisings that occurred. In 1549, large swathes of the country (23 counties) were shaken by rebellions. The huge geographical extent of the rebellions made them the most serious, widespread movements of disorder since the Peasants Revolt of 1381. One of the rebellions that posed as a particular threat was the Western rebellion in Devon and Cornwall. Some historians argue that the Western Rising was not a significant threat to royal

Most people did not expect the colonists with their under trained militia to last long against the British superpower. The colonists did just that. In the night of June 16, 1775, a detail of 1200 troops under orders from Artemas Ward, and led by William Prescott was supposed to entrench themselves on the rise on Bunker Hill, but instead misunderstood the instructions and went to Breed’s Hill by mistake. The next morning, the British were shocked to see Americans threatening them. In the 18th century, British military custom urged that the British soldiers attack the American soldiers, even though the Americans were in a superior position. Major General William Howe, leader of the British forces could easily have surrounded the Americans with his ships, but chose to march his troops up the hill; to the Americans. Howe might have believed that the Americans would retreat in the face of a smashing, head-on attack. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how a person looks at it, William Howe was wrong. The Americans stood their ground, dug in their heels, and stood firm. In the first wave, the Americans waited until they were within forty meters, then opened fire. The British force retreated with their wounded for a second wave. The British rushed up yet again. Again they retreated, suffering a great number of casualties. By the time the

At about five o’clock in the morning,an unknown participant fired the first shot,and then all Boston fortified against the American patriots.(McGill 1)After Americans espied as many as 40 boats or barges coming over,full of troops.(Grayson 40)British Lieutenant General Thomas Gage planned to fortify the hills on Dorchester Heights,south of Boston.(James Kirby 1)The bloodiest battle of the American Revolutionary War started.(James Kirby 1)

The amount of amps to kill a human is somewhere between 100-200 MA(.1-.2 amp). This amount of electricity may seem like a very small amount, but this would kill you instantaneously. The amount of electricity that would be coursing through your veins would be too extreme. This however, is another story for the character Michael Vey, he is known as the living taser and this would be an under exageration. This 14 year old child carries enough voltage to stun and kill a full grown crocodile. To put that into perspective a human body would be fried with that many amps.

Many things might have contributed to the colonist’s revolution against the British. The Boston Tea Party may have been the breaking point for Lord North and King George. What happened was the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk indians and boarded the tea ships to toss the crates of tea into the sea. King George was not happy about the situation and passed a series of laws which the colonists referred to as “The Intolerable Acts.”

From the hill, the Colonists easily fight the town and the British ships near them. By morning the Americans had soldiers ready at cannons posed at the British. Eventually Britain were able to take charge of the hill but twice the British soldiers died in comparison to the Colonists. The battle reassured the Patriots that they had a good chance in defeating the British in the war since inexperience militiamen were able to put up a good fight when they were outnumbered by trained British

The Boston Massacre was the start of a rebellion. The Boston Massacre is an important event which involved the the British army killing a group of innocent people After the massacre occurred, it changed the perspective of the British. According to Document 4, there is a picture showing the British army armed and ready to kill. Although the drawing of the officer is inaccurate, it still persuaded americans to go against the British. The picture depicts the British as murderers which cause the americans to rebel against the king. This event made the British army ook cruel and violent. According to Document 6, “What is to defend us against so enormous, so unlimited a

Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising of farmers in Massachusetts from 1786 to1787. Farmers in Massachusetts rebelled against the United States government. This occurred because several farmers incurred high debts from creditors, that they could not afford to pay off. Farmers also suffered from high taxes, that the government imposed in attempt to pay off debt from the Revolutionary War. Massachusetts did not respond to farmers asking for help, so the rebellion transpired.

The Rebellion was a result of long-standing and increasing disaffection with State and Federal governments by farmers and others affected by tax and debt imbalances resulting from the falling out with Britain after the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led a group of rebels in rising up first against Massachusetts' courts, and later in marching on the United States' Federal Armory at

During the time of Reconstruction, an army of farmers set out to prove their point to the government. Their goal was to shut down court houses around Massachusetts to protect farmers from paying debts and being thrown in jail. The new government at the time was not ready for this rebellion and many feared this movement. This would be later know as Shays’ Rebellion. This rebellion would be led by a man known as Daniel Shays.

Leading up to the American Revolution, were a chain of events that created a spark in the colonists to obtain independence from Great Britain. The American Revolution could not be tied to one single event but instead by the feelings and determination brought on by this chain of disgraceful actions. Gordon S. Wood explains what he believes caused the rebellion of the American colonists from Great Britain and how those causes help explain the outcomes of the revolution in his essay, “Radical Possibilities of the American Revolution.” Wood argues that the colonists were motivated to rebel against the British monarchy due to their need to preserve their liberties and through this revolution a radical change in government and American life occurred.

The Irish Brigade leader, Commander Thomas Francis Meagher, was born in Waterford, Ireland, and was active in the “Young Ireland” nationalist movement. As a result, he was exiled and imprisoned on Tasmania, Australia in 1849. In 1853, he escaped

The Irish were promised the Home Rule Act, but it was taken away at the start of the Ester Uprising. “This modest promise was swept away the Easter Uprising of 1916, when a small band of rebels paralyzed the city and the Irish Republic was proclaimed from the steps of the GPO” (Hegarty). Padhraic Pearse led about 2000 people into the Easter Revolution, only a small fraction of the people that had lived in Dublin at the time. Most of the Irish were involved in World War I. “They had little support – many Irish volunteers had joined the war effort and the rebels were perceived to be traitors to the great cause” (Hegarty). It would take more violence and rebellion against the British to bring attention to their cause both locally and abroad.

It took the entire power of the British military to stop a rebellion that was going on however they were put into a situation that they were just not used to doing. Though they were a powerful military everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages that made the war hard for them to fight. That being said this is one of the biggest showings of people who did not follow their original orders. it seemed like no matter what orders were given even if they were by a commanding officer or the King himself they were not purposely ignored but Just not listened to. It seemed like everyone wanted to do their own thing which was the reason that no one could really squash the rebellion. If orders were followed and officers took advice given they most

Matt Leeds has been working as an associate consultant in Danner Boynton for (4) months. He has a bad relationship with his boss, Dan Lyle and with a colleague, Eleanor Swift. His performance review was not good and since the first day his boss expressed disliking Harvard MBAs. Leeds had a choice to take a job with Right-Away stores or Danner Boynton after graduation. In Right-Away, he had done an internship doing consulting work and was respected and valued by the President Scott Kingston. Leeds felt that taking a position in the consulting firm would give him a broader exposure in the retail/marketing field and the job in general was more glamorous. Kingston offered him a job and also promised Leeds would become a VP