Sentence examples for general insurrection from inspiring English sources

Interrogations led commanders to believe the incident was a preliminary step to a planned general insurrection in the region.

In the Rimini proclamation of March 30 he incited all Italian nationalists to war, but no general insurrection occurred.

Beginning in 1791, a massive slave revolt sparked a general insurrection against the plantation system and French colonial power.

As noted above, scholars now hold that the book was written during the Exclusion crisis, and may have been written to justify a general insurrection and the assassination of the king of England and his brother.

The Communist party - which was extremely influential in the Resistance - wanted a immediate general insurrection on D-Day, with workers going on strike and calls to arms across the country.

A general insurrection ensued on 30 May.

De Gaulle wanted action to be coordinated with the allies; many internal activists - especially, but not only, the communists - wanted a general and immediate insurrection.

In what amounts to a quiet insurrection, the general assembly has devised its own process for the appointment of Ban's replacement.

Snyder's story chooses to begin with Superman's birth on the planet Krypton, and as the last hope for his people's survival, his parents send him to Earth to escape an insurrection by General Zod, played by Boardwalk Empire actor Michael Shannon.

Following the defeat of the royal army by the Turks (1922) and the subsequent armed insurrection, led by General Nikólaos Plastíras and General Stilianos Gonatas, King Constantine was dethroned (and succeeded by his eldest son, George), and six royalist leaders were executed.

PAINLEVE ORDERS INQUIRY ON SYRIA; Sends General Duport to Investigate Druse Insurrection and Massacre of 3,000 French.