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  2. Civil disorder - Wikipedia

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    Insurgency – Revolt or uprising by irregular forces; List of riots; List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States – List of incidents from 1783 to the present; Martial law – Imposition of direct military control or suspension of civil law by a government; Pogrom – Violent attack on an ethnic or religious group, usually Jews

  3. List of rebellions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Multiple rebellions and closely related events have occurred in the United States, beginning from the colonial era up to present day. Events that are not commonly named strictly a rebellion (or using synonymous terms such as "revolt" or "uprising"), but have been noted by some as equivalent or very similar to a rebellion (such as an insurrection), or at least as having a few important elements ...

  4. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

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    1863 – Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America; 1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War, Holmes County, Ohio

  5. List of revolutions and rebellions - Wikipedia

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    1879–1882: The Urabi Revolt: an uprising in Egypt on 11 June 1882 against the Khedive and European influence in the country. It was led by and named after Colonel Ahmed Urabi. 1880–1881: The Brsjak revolt. 1883: The Timok Rebellion was a popular uprising that began in eastern Serbia.

  6. Insurrection Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

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    The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law [1] that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.

  7. List of incidents and protests of the United States racial ...

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    Civil rights activists and Smith's friends and family disputed the law enforcement accounts of the incident. Local organization Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference near the shooting site on June 4 to call for officials to release video footage and other details of the shooting.

  8. Right of revolution - Wikipedia

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    Fritz, in American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War, describes a duality in American views on preconditions to the right of revolution: "Some of the first state constitutions included 'alter or abolish' provisions that mirrored the traditional right of revolution" in that they required dire ...

  9. List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America

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    1711 - Cary's Rebellion 1712 - New York Slave Revolt of 1712, April 6, New York City, New York 1715 - Yamasee War 1713 - Boston Bread Riot, Boston, Massachusetts 1734 - Mast Tree Riot, Fremont, New Hampshire