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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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What is the definition for economic protest party?

Parties, usually based in a particular region, especially involving farmers, that protest against depressed economic conditions. These tend to disappear as conditions improve.

Parties rooted in pooreconomic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied with current conditions and demanding better times.

Why were their so many protests against the war in Vietnam?

== == * Some people felt that the U.S. should have minded their own business with the war in Vietnam going on. It cost many families their loved ones back in the U.S., and was the most controversial war and dishonored war in the history of the U.S. (which by the way was wrong.) The young soldiers going over to fight thought they were fighting for their country but were lied too, some used as guinea pigs with "Red/White Rain" (chemicals) and then snubbed and called baby killers when they returned home. They were not honored, but found it hard to even get jobs once home. Many were on drugs, and most have trauma and to this day are being treated for it. The hippy era had come with "Peace & Love" and fought for world peace and wanted the soldiers back home. Berkeley was having sit-ins and the army was called in and several students were killed. Freedom of speech and rights in the U.S. .... I don't think so!

What are some of the protest actions of colonial patriots that angered the British King and Parliament?

The Navigation Acts: It was designed by King Charles II, to make the colonies and the parent country (England), dependent on each other, without any foreign interference.

The Revenue Act of 1764: This new law, was designed by George Grenville, King George III's chief minister. This law allowed the colonies to pay low prices for sugar from foreign countries, so the government (England) could get the revenue from the tax (money from the French and the Dutch).

The Stamp Act of 1765: In 1765, Grenville searched for even more revenue for the English Empire. In addition to customs duties, he suggested an excise tax, a levy on various good and services produced within the colonies. The tax would be paid by purchasing a stamp that was then placed on the article. His act would require stamps on newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, ship's papers, and the like.

The Declaratory Act of 1766: This law was in response to the American uproar of the Stamp Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the spring of 1766. But, to save face it passed the Declaratory Act, which declared that Parliament had full power to pass laws and levy taxes for America "in all cases whatsoever."

The Townshend Taxes of 1767: George Grenville resigned. The new finance minister, Charles Townshend, then suggest a new plan. He asked Parliament to levy customs duties on various colonial imports - paint, tea, paper, lead, and glass. The Townshend taxes were repealed by Parliament in 1770. However, the tax on tea remained, as a symbol of England's authority over the American Colonies, and all who lived there.

The Intolerable Acts: After the famous "Boston Tea Party," England would push the American Colonists too far. One of the acts closed the port of Boston until the city paid for the tea. A second act revoked the charter of Massachusetts, suspending the colony's civil government and placing it under military rule. A third measure was the Quartering Act, which forced colonists to provide food an housing for the soldiers who ruled over them. A fourth act permitted British officials who injured people while enforcing the law to return to Britain for their court hearings.

What amendment organize a protest march against the war in iraq?

It doesn't have to be Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, or Norway; the 1st Amendment protects US citizens to peaceably assemble to protest.

How did the colonists protest the actions of the British?

During the American Revolutionary Period. the thirteen colonies initially protested (perceived or actual) excesses of British rule in a wide variety of ways: pamphlets were written, letters were sent, meetings were held, public protests were organized, goods were not bought or even destroyed, and eventually troops were raised and drilled while arms were stored in the event of war. Finally, the protest reached the point of a 'Declaration of Independence' and the waging of active war for almost a decade before independence was achieved.

Why did women protest the oppian law?

Women protested against the Oppian Law because they weren't allowed to wear more then half an ounce of gold, they weren't allowed to wear purple-trimmed clothing items or ride in carriages in or around the city of Rome unless there was a festival of public occasion, so basically they had next to no rights.

In what ways did colonists protest the Stamp Act and other British taxes?

The colonists felt that the Stamp Act and other British taxes that were being imposed on them by the British Parliament were unfair without having representation. To protest these taxes the colonists refused to purchase the goods that were being sent in from Great Britain.

What did members of the American counterculture in the late 1960s and early 1970s protest?

Besides the war and the draft, the American counterculture or the 1960s condemned racial discrimination and "The Man" (the power of government and those who supported it) and traditional 'uptight' American values. One of the mantras of the 60s counterculture that survives today, and I still live by is, "question everything".

What is the name of a protest against the Roman Catholic Church?

Protests against a church organization are called different names depending on the level of disagreement. Minor protests are called disagreements or disputes. Major religious changes are usually the result of what are called "reformations." Such reformations happened at the ideals of people like Martin Luther or John Calvin.

Was Thoreau's protest successful?

Some of the protests were. But the government mainly ignored those who opposed them. I dont know if you've ever heard of the Pentagon Papers, but that was mainly why people hated the war so much. The government lied about the condition of the war. They said we were winning and that the soldiers would be home in no time, when in fact it just the opposite. we werent winning, in fact we had lost so many US soldiers that some had even commited suicide. People protested because they didnt believe the government anymore.

Why did the 1965 Watts riots happen?

There was NO legitimate excuse for what blacks did in Watts in 1965. To commit racist acts against another people (whites), who had done them no wrong whatsoever, to loot and burn their businesses, to attack white police officers who were simply doing their job (black officers were responsible for patrolling the streets of Watts in 1965), obviously, has nothing to do with the concept of equality. Further, for blacks to imply to white people that all they want are racial acceptance and cooperation - a brotherhood of one - and then set upon this group and brutalize and beat them, for no other reason than their race, as well as loot and burn their stores, there seems to be a tremendous inconsistency here. No person of common sense should see it any other way.

Here are 5 common sense reasons for the Watts riot :

1) blacks migrated to LA from the South (almost 300,000 in the previous 20 years!) and provided for themselves and their people insufficient job opportunities and no housing (i.e. they made themselves dependent on another people); 2) white males provided them housing and jobs - blacks provided no jobs to whites. However, a critical mass level had finally been reached i.e. white people could no longer keep pace with providing housing & jobs to the great numbers of blacks ... who had come to expect - and now DEMAND - this of white people ; 3) the Civil Rights Act implied to blacks that they had a historic "right" to integrate, and this denied historic right (by whites) was the source of all their real or perceived ills in Watts (and America); 4) blacks perceive the white police officers as the enforcement arm that had, and still did, maintain the color-line (remember, the black man now believed - by 1965 - that his freedom, his dignity and even his very manhood are all achieved through integration with whites - the very people he's also calling his brutal oppressor); 5) the TV networks provoked a continuation by providing a national audience and failing to condemn the behavior.

How did actions by the Stamp Act crowd raise questions of whether protests in the colonies represented more than opposition to British policies?

People who protested the Stamp Act held demonstrations and printed pamphlets to hand out to educate others about how they felt about paying British royalties for signing documents. Some even went as far as to print their own documents instead of using British supplied documents.

When colonist dumped tea into Boston harbor to protest the tea act?

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor because they were against the Stamp Act. They did not want to pay such a high tax for this tea. Tea they where only allowed to buy from British Ships, with a tax they had no say in British Parliament either for or against. This say, is ultimately all the people of the Colonies actually wanted. They did not want to cause any damage to the ships which held the tea. All they wanted to do was dump tea into the harbor. They kept there word and didn't damage the ship or anything else on it besides the tea.

What are the reasons for protest against Iraq war?

Because it is causing our economy to go down in it profits and making people scared and frightened to do certain things. it is also the only way government w3ill hear them and it is not why we want peace it is why are we in this war?

What are three effects of the colonists protest of British taxes?

the colonists took charge to the british, as they were unhappy with all of the taxes the british were outting on them:

they had many actions such as the:

boston massacre: colonists protesting to the british soliders. the soldiers responded to this by shooting at the colonists. 5 people were killed. the first to be killed was cripus attucks. samuel adams defended the british sloiders in the court, and won.

boston tea party: the colonists disguised themselves as native americans and went down to the boston harbor and dumped 342 boxes of dejing tea into the harbor. the colonists consequence for this was that the british closed the port for the colonists until they paid off he millions of dollars of lost tea. this was a big problem since a lot of colonists worked there.

tarring and feathering: when the british tax collectors would come by the colonists houses to collect the taxes, the colonists would dump hot tar onto them and then dump feathers o them. this many times ended in servere burns and or death. the tax collectors were often beaten.

Why are people against the iraq war?

Originally the idea was to get rid of Saddam Hussein. Unfotunately, a whole lot different factions, mainly different versions of Muslims, tried to fill the space when he was gone and there's been a war ever since. The war is the battle for trying to stabilise the country and stop the continual insurgency and bombings.