Challenges to State Power
Unit 4: c. 1450-1750
Main Ideas:
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State Expansion & consolidation of state power → Resistance by many different group on a local level
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African slaves (in the Americas) challenged slavery with organized resistance
Resistance to State Power
State Expansion Caused Many Groups to Resist State Authority
Key Ideas:
- As states sought to expand or consolidate power, many groups on a local level resisted the states' authority
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In Russia, the cossacks (military) revolted many times, most famously in the Pugachev Rebellion (1773-75)
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In France, The Fronde (1648-53) was a series of civil wars meant to challenge King Louis XIV's absolute authority
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In the Americas, the indigenous Americans resisted European expansion in Metacom's War (1675-78), Pueblo Revolt (1680), and many other wars
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As colonial officials imposed harsher conditions on African slaves, slaves organized themselves into resistance groups
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The Caribbean & Brazil had lots of communities of maroons, which were runaway slaves who organized armies
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Many slaves sought to directly fight their masters, one example is Stono Rebellion (1739)
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