Great Rebellion
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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President Abraham Lincoln observed that he had arrived in Washington only to find “an empty Treasury and a great rebellion.”
From Washington Post
Observed the former Union general in his address to the nation, “The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement in the next four years which preceding Administrations have never had to deal with.”
From National Geographic
In Detroit, the 1967 "Great Rebellion" was provoked by a police attack on an unlicensed bar frequented by industrial workers getting off of long shifts.
From Salon
“It’s not that I feel sorry for myself. These are Cadillac problems. But I’m not sure what great rebellion will give me the time in which I might do pretty good work.”
From The Guardian
As noted in this story from 2015, Trump had earlier instances of historical revisionism regarding the Great Rebellion.
From Golf Digest
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