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    The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was a coup d'état in the then-British penal colony of New South Wales, staged by the New South Wales Corps in order to depose...
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    insurgencies such as the American Revolution and the Australian Rum Rebellion. The origin of the word "rum" is unclear. The most widely accepted hypothesis is that...
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    up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps. His actions directed against the trade resulted in the so-called Rum Rebellion, during which Bligh...
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    Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling usually...
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    of the leading colonists involved in the trade in rum, came to a head, leading to the Rum Rebellion on 26 January 1808 when the New South Wales Corps...
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  • especially John Macarthur, to heel, and stop their trading in rum. This led to the Rum Rebellion, the deposing of Bligh, and the eventual recall of the New...
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    John Macarthur (wool pioneer) (category Rum Rebellion)
    agitating for, and organising, a rebellion against Governor William Bligh in what is now termed as the Rum Rebellion in January 1808. John Macarthur was...
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    The rum ration (also called the tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was abolished in 1970 after concerns that the intake...
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    soldiers of the 'Rum Corps' then proceeded to collaborate in a full armed mutiny against Governor Bligh known as the Rum Rebellion. This military coup...
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    Rum Nativo Rum Serum Rum Kuna Rum Colibri Artesanal Rum El Artesano Rum Grander Rum Pacifico Rum Moko Rum Bandita Rum El Legado Rum Elixir Jumbie Rum...
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