Not everyone loves these new large empires. In fact, some people are even going to CHALLENGE these empires. They will do it socially, politically, and economically. I love a good rebellion. The College Board gives you a nice mix of challenges from slave revolts, native american revolts, religious revolts… Louis XIV’s kid’s even tried to overthrow him. I included all of the “illustrative examples” on the map and people to know below. You really need to focus on a couple of these movements and keep them in your back pocket in case you need to use them on an essay. THESE are the CHALLENGERS!
1. COSSACKS
2. MARATHAS
3. NDONGO & MATAMBA
4. MAROON
5. NANNYTOWN
THE MARATHA-MUGHAL CONFLICT (FROM… ME!)
THE COSSACK REVOLTS (from ME!)
CATHERINE THE GREAT (I know… but, this section covers the PUGACHEV REBELLION!)
QUEEN NZINGA
QUEEN NANNY of the MAROONS
METACOM’s WAR STARTS AROUND 6:50 MARK from CRASH COURSE
1. SAKOKU EDICT OF 1635 (1635), Tokugawa Iemetsu
2. AN HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THREE KINGDOMS: CONGO, MATAMBA, AND ANGOLA (1677), Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi de Montecuccolo
3. 1st MAROON TREATY (1739)
4. PUGAVHEV’S UKAZ (1773), Yemelyan Pugachev
5. WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI (1890), Rudyard Kipling
1. QUEEN NZINGA from the UNESCO COMIC (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL COMIC)
2. MAROON RAID ON THE DROMILLY ESTATE (1795), JAMAICA
3. AURANGZEB LEADS THE MUGHALS AGAINST THE MARATHAS (1699)
4. PUGACHEV ADMINISTERING JUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE
5. OVERHEAD LAYOUT OF DEJIMA OFF THE COAST OF NAGASAKI (1780)
1. These massive new empires (land and maritime) met with resistance.
2. Some were over political matters like who rules over the people (Pueblo, Metacom, Nzinga).
3. Some were over economic matters like who can tax who (Tokugawa, Fronde).
4. Some were over social matters like which religion should be #1 (Nzinga, Tokugawa, Maratha).
5. Some were successful (Marathas, Nanny) and others were failures (Metacom, Pugachev).