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Protests, Riots and Civil Unrest
Protests are often held as peaceful demonstrations. However, during times of civil unrest, a small spark can set off a violent riot. Protests have happened all over the world, and are sometimes history-changing events.
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The event that in spring of 1770 stirred a new round of antiwar protest was the?
The Invasion of Cambodia
Why did the students at Gallaudet university protest?
to get the media involved. if they get on camera then people are going to c them. if they get beating people will disagree and support them to end the war.
How did the colonists rebel against the Stamp Act?
colonists boycotted, sons of liberty burned down newspaper stands
They did not like them.
Who or what were the Luddites and what did they believe?
The Luddites were a group of British workers between 1811 and 1816 who rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery
would diminish employment, they opposed technical or technological change.
Kent State University
Why did the people of Vietnam protest against the spread of Christianity?
because of the law ordinance 10
Did any Jews riot against the Nazis and escape?
Yes, the most famous being Sobibor. There were many more attempted revolts, but most did not result in anyone escaping. Most did not expect anyone to escape, but revolted rather than going meekly to their deaths.
Nyc draft riots happened how and why and cause by what Whowhat where how why?
The draft riots were primarily caused by the enrollment Act, which called for the draft of all men and immigrants(mainly irish) between the ages of 20 and 45.
Who was the leader of the Black Panthers in 1960?
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in October I966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, both student activists at Merritt Junior College in Oakland CA.
Why did the colonists protest new British taxes and in what ways did they protest?
1 The colonists were angry over the new taxes. They formed groups of people to protest the new taxes. There were two groups. The men called themselves the Sons of Liberty. Women were called the Daughters of Liberty.
2 The Sons of Liberty in Boston were very active. They were very angry over the Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty visited many of the people who were supposed to sell the stamps. They said that they would burn their houses down if they sold the stamps.
3 There were many famous men who were members of this group. Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock,Patrick Henry, and many others were members of the Sons of Liberty.
4 The Sons of Liberty also did fake hangings. They would make straw figures. The figures looked like British officials. They would pretend to hang the figures. This showed what would happen if the British officials tried to collect the taxes.
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How did Gandhi's religious beliefs influence his method of protest?
Ghandi's beliefs were that violence was never the way to solve anything and that approaching things in a peaceful manner was always best and so thats how he decided to do peaceful protests which involved no violence but still putting your point across.
How many died in zoot suit riot?
While there were estimated to be about 150 people injured in the Zoot Suit Riots, some seriously; there were no deaths.
Jared Ingeisoll
Were the colonists protests successful?
If you are asking whether they accomplished their intended task: no. That is how the revolutionary war began.
