Economic hardship was a key cause of these armed insurrections.
An armed insurrection against the army seems even less likely.
It appears that they put their hope in stirring up a more general armed insurrection, which never came to life.
Politicians, press, and citizens on the street alike began to feel concerned about the potential for armed insurrection in America itself.
They defended their right to "armed insurrection" as the "expression of popular power."
This group became the nucleus of the forces who mounted armed insurrection against the government for the next 36 years.
Only then will it be possible to count upon complete success of an armed insurrection.
The government could provide no real evidence of an armed insurrection.
Our challenge will then be to convert the struggle of the masses into an armed insurrection.
"Many of these gentlemen were to my left, advocating armed insurrection," he said.