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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Plundering Time (Maryland, 1644) Protestant Revolution (Maryland, 1689) Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, 1739) Gaspee affair (1772) Pine Tree Riot (1772)...
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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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    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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    which outlawed disguises. Trials of leaders of the revolt, charged with riot, conspiracy and robbery, were held in 1845 with Amasa J. Parker presiding...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Civil War Riot of 1861 New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 277: Cold War-Era Bomber Crash Not to be confused with the later Pine Tree Riot of 1772, which...
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  • The flour riot of 1837 was a food riot that broke out in New York City in February 1837, and lasted less than a day. This violent civil disturbance grew...
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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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    Plundering Time (Maryland, 1644) Protestant Revolution (Maryland, 1689) Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, 1739) Gaspee affair (1772) Pine Tree Riot (1772)...
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