Rum Rebellion (English spelling)

Japanese: Rum Rebellion(英語表記)RumRebellion
Rum Rebellion (English spelling)

…5th Governor of the British colony of New South Wales (now Australia) (1810-21). He dealt with the aftermath of the 1808 Rum Rebellion, which was launched by Governor Bligh, famous for the Mutiny on the Bounty. (At the time, all distilled alcohol was called rum, and rum even served as currency, but the colonial government tried to crack down on the smuggling of rum.) He consistently favored former exiles (emancipists) and appointed them to various aspects of colonial administration, which led to the beginning of the conflict between emancipists and exclusionists.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Rum Rebellion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリス領ニュー・サウス・ウェールズ植民地(現,オーストラリア)第5代総督(1810‐21)。〈戦艦バウンティ号の反乱〉で有名なブライ総督が1808年に襲われた〈ラム酒反乱Rum Rebellion〉(当時蒸留酒はすべてラムと呼ばれ,このラムは通貨の役割すら果たしていたが,植民地政府がラムの密貿易を厳しく取り締まろうとしたことに対する反乱)の後始末にあたった。一貫して元流刑囚(エマンシピスト)を優遇,植民地行政の各方面に彼らを登用したため,エマンシピストとエクスクルージョニストの対立の端緒を作った。…

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