mutiny

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In March 1783 Gen. George Washington put down a conspiracy among some of his officers who wanted to mutiny against Congress.

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In 1971, he joined a mutiny against West Pakistani forces and declared independence for Bangladesh.

From BBC

I proclaimed, embarking on a brief and ineffective cane mutiny.

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But he preferred to concentrate all his attention on the mutiny aboard the Potemkin in June 1905.

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Which, as a viewer anticipates, leads to a mutiny.

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