Sentence examples for rebellious state from inspiring English sources

But rebellious state governors remained rebellious.Timorese glimmerIndonesia said that its parliament might consider independence for East Timor after the general election on June 7th.

In a sense, the government of Alabama was now in rebellion, and the marchers, with the sanction and protection of the federal government, were demonstrating against a rebellious state.

But on Monday, Ms. Haley, who was elected on a wave of Tea Party politics, found herself at the center of a legislative standoff after she ordered a rebellious State Senate to get back to work on Tuesday morning to consider four measures that would restructure parts of the state government.

PAGE A13 STANDOFF IN SOUTH CAROLINA Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina found herself at the center of a legislative standoff after she ordered a rebellious State Senate to get back to work to consider four pieces of legislation that would restructure parts of state government.

The battle over how to close the deficit this year is merely setting the stage for a far more bitter fight likely to erupt next year, pitting the governor against a fractious and rebellious State Senate, where Democrats hold a shaky 32-to-30 32-to-30 32-to-30

Scarlett O'Hara (portrayed by Vivien Leigh) struggled with conforming to society's ideal of behaving like a lady, but the brunette actress looked beautiful as ever in her rebellious state.

In early August 1861, Congress passed the First Confiscation Act, which authorized the army to seize all property, including slaves, used by the rebellious states in the war effort.

"The War Not For Abolition" was the paper's bold headline for an article intended "to remove all misapprehension in regard to the policy of the general government in prosecuting the war against the rebellious States".

Then, on July 12, in a private conversation with Secretary of State William Seward and Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, Lincoln declared his intention to issue an emancipation proclamation, freeing all slaves in the rebellious states; and on July 22 he presented a draft proclamation to an astonished cabinet.

Although Lincoln did not initially seek to abolish slavery, his determination to punish the rebellious states and his increasing reliance on black soldiers in the Union army prompted him to issue the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) to deprive the Confederacy of its slave property.

After several years of fighting, the Northern army was victorious and the rebellious states returned to the Union.