Great Rebellion
Americannoun
noun
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Botts, John Minor, his Great Rebellion quoted on Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter, 159, 160; denies Baldwin's story, 160, 161.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
During the Great Rebellion they took an active part as a political body, and were conspicuous after the Restoration by being frequently engaged in tumults.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
There is a similar difference between the Revolt of the Netherlands, the Great Rebellion, the War of Independence, or the rising of Brabant, on the one hand, and the French Revolution on the other.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
The Great Rebellion followed as a matter of course.
From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles
His Diaries have been extensively drawn upon by Forster, Gardiner, and by Sanford in his Studies of the Great Rebellion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
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