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Great Rebellion

American  
Great Rebellion British  

noun

  1. another name for the English Civil War

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For the part taken by Goring’s army in the operations of the Naseby campaign see Great Rebellion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

The Great Rebellion followed as a matter of course.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles

The Great Rebellion broke out, Charles i. was put to death and his son exiled.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles

In the progress from the Conquest to the crisis of the Great Rebellion there is noticeable a practically complete shifting of the classes of revenue.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

The belief in the bent yew stick and feathered shaft, that had gained for England such renown at Cressy and Agincourt, was still strong in the days of her more glorious struggle—the Great Rebellion.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

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