The Pine Tree Riot was an act of resistance to British royal authority undertaken by American colonists in Weare, New Hampshire, on April 14, 1772, placing...
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activists and enthusiasts of the American Revolution to commemorate the Pine Tree Riot, one of the first acts of resistance by the American colonists to British...
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Pinus strobus (redirect from Eastern white pine)
commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern North America...
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pine tree in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pine trees are coniferous trees in the genus Pinus. Pine tree or pinetree may also refer to: Pine Tree (album)...
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The doctors' riot was an incident that occurred in April 1788 in New York City, where the illegal procurement of corpses from the graves of the recently...
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participated in tax protests against the Royal authority such as the Pine Tree Riot in 1772 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Anticipating the arrangement...
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extended protection finally to 12-inch-diameter (300 mm) trees and resulted in the Pine Tree Riot that same year. This was one of the first acts of rebellion...
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Boston Massacre (redirect from 1770 Boston riot)
because the captain of Romney had been impressing local sailors; they began to riot, and customs officials fled to Castle William for protection. Daniel Calfe...
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As a lawyer, Blodgett served as a mediator between the sides in the Pine Tree Riot, getting a settlement from anti-Crown mill owners who had hired him...
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John Hancock (redirect from Liberty Riot)
not just deserters from the Royal Navy, an arguably illegal activity. A riot broke out when officials began to tow the Liberty out to the Romney, which...
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Hillsborough, NC. They rioted through the town for several days. In response in January 1771 the North Carolina assembly passed the Johnston Riot Act, allowing...
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Plundering Time (Maryland, 1644) Protestant Revolution (Maryland, 1689) Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, 1739) Gaspee affair (1772) Pine Tree Riot (1772)...
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The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent...
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Boston Tea Party (category 1770s riots)
New Hampshire, was the Pine Tree Riot, in which colonialists protested heavy fines levied against them for harvesting trees. As Europeans developed a...
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admonished were the methods Tryon had used to win the battle. The use of a riot act and the execution of rebellion leaders after the battle was frowned upon...
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extended protection finally to 12-inch-diameter (300 mm) trees and resulted in the Pine Tree Riot that same year. This was one of the first acts of rebellion...
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Bleeding Kansas (category Riots and civil disorder in Kansas)
Plundering Time (Maryland, 1644) Protestant Revolution (Maryland, 1689) Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, 1739) Gaspee affair (1772) Pine Tree Riot (1772)...
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Weare, New Hampshire, later referred to as the Pine Tree Riot. This would inspire the design of the Pine Tree Flag. Tensions escalated following the destruction...
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The Lager Beer Riot occurred on April 21, 1855 in Chicago, Illinois, and was the first major civil disturbance in the city. Mayor Levi Boone, a Nativist...
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The Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849, at the now-demolished Astor Opera House in Manhattan and left between 22 and 31 rioters dead, and more than...
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List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America (category Lists of riots)
Alamance, North Carolina 1772 - Gaspee Affair, Rhode Island 1772 - Pine Tree Riot, Weare, New Hampshire 1773 - Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts...
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The Dead Rabbits riot was a two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolving from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of...
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1833 – Sylvester Graham Riot, Providence, Rhode Island 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City 1834 – Philadelphia race riot, August 12– 14 1834 –...
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Plundering Time (Maryland, 1644) Protestant Revolution (Maryland, 1689) Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, 1739) Gaspee affair (1772) Pine Tree Riot (1772)...
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Spitalfield Riots (Spitalfields, London, England) 1770 – Boston Massacre (Boston, British America) 1771 – Plague Riot (Moscow, Russia) 1772 – Pine Tree Riot (Weare...
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emissaries") were instigating treason among citizens. Adams helped draw up a Riot Act and a resolution suspending habeas corpus so the authorities could legally...
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Philadelphia nativist riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native American Riots) were a series of riots that took place...
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The Portland Rum Riot, also called the Maine Law Riot, and the June Riot by Neal Dow, was a brief but violent period of civil unrest that occurred in...
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and Prisoner Reports | New Mexico Archives Online". "1898 Wilmington race riot report - Page 1". digital.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-22. "Green Corn Rebellion...
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Sacking of Lawrence (category 1856 riots)
Plundering Time (Maryland, 1644) Protestant Revolution (Maryland, 1689) Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, 1739) Gaspee affair (1772) Pine Tree Riot (1772)...
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