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2 days ago · The Continental Congress was a meeting of representatives of the American colonies that ultimately became the government of the United States during the American Revolution. The Congress met three times; the first Continental Congress met in 1774 and requested redress of grievences from the British government instead of thinking about Independence.
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2 days ago · The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal.
1 day ago · Just before the rebellion, there were over 300,000 sepoys in the army, compared to about 50,000 British. The East India Company's forces were divided into three presidency armies : Bombay , Madras , and Bengal .
Sep 13, 2024 · Indian Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion begun in 1857 against British rule in India. It began when Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of Britain’s East India Company refused to use purportedly tainted weaponry. One consequence of the mutiny was the establishment of direct British governance of India.
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Sep 16, 2024 · The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
- The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britai...
- On the ground, fighting in the American Revolution began with the skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials on April 19, 1775, f...
- The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make t...
- Until early in 1778, the American Revolution was a civil war within the British Empire, but it became an international war as France (in 1778) and...
- In the early stages of the rebellion by the American colonists, most of them still saw themselves as English subjects who were being denied their r...
Sep 19, 2024 · What kicks off as a supernatural thriller in the vein of Kurosawa’s late nineties/early aughts classics soon swells into a bloody manhunt, as throngs of hitmen and angry customers join forces to make Yoshii pay for his scams.
3 days ago · French Revolution, revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789—hence the conventional term “Revolution of 1789,” denoting the end of the ancien régime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848.
