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The German Peasants’ War Was Europe’s Biggest Social Revolt Before the French Revolution
Five centuries ago, Germany experienced a massive popular revolt that spread through the countryside and towns. The German lords drowned the revolt in blood, but the popular demands for freedom ...
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The Peasants' Revolt
The peasants were angry about a range of issues, such as low pay and the introduction of a poll tax. They demanded changes were made. The revolt did not achieve all of the peasants’ aims and the ...
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U.S. Battling Peasant Revolt in Vietnam
This repression resulted in several unsuccessful peasant uprisings. The biggest, which occured in 1930, was led by Ho Chi Minh, an ardent Vietnamese nationalist who had studied Marxist ...
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U.S. Battling Peasant Revolt in Vietnam
This repression resulted in several unsuccessful peasant uprisings. The biggest, which occured in 1930, was led by Ho Chi Minh, an ardent Vietnamese nationalist who had studied Marxist ...
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The January Uprising of 1863: Significance & Antecedents
Where?’ - chuckled the Muscovites. ‘Over yonder, under the chestnut...’ - proudly proclaimed the peasant. And yet, although the stakes of the January Uprising entailed the very existence of the nation ...
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The Chinese Revolution
In China, the nationalist movement took the form of a peasant uprising under the direct leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. After its disastrous defeat in 1927, the Communist Party ...