| 单词 | rum rebellion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRum Rebellion Rum Rebellion n. †(a) a protest against a ban on the sale of alcohol (obsolete rare); (b) Australian History the rebellion against William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales, by officers of the New South Wales Corps (noted for trafficking in rum) in 1808. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > mutiny > [noun] > specific Rum Rebellion1841 Indian Mutiny1857 Sepoy Mutiny1857 Indian Rebellion1858 1841 S.-Carolina Temperance Advocate 11 Feb. 126/2 (heading) Comedy of the rum-rebellion. 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold ii. 118 From the date of this ‘rum rebellion’, and the forcible deposition of poor Bligh..the system of political grants went on swimmingly. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. i. 8 The opposition of the Corps to authority culminated in a rebellion (the ‘Rum Rebellion’) against Governor William Bligh. 2000 T. Frame & K. Baker Mutiny! p. ix The first mutinous action after the colonisation of Australia was the so-called ‘Rum Rebellion’. < as lemmas |
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