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Protesters in Boston dumped 342 chests of tea (worth roughly $1 million today) to protest the Tea Act, which granted the British government a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. Hundreds of chests of tea from the British East India Company were tossed into the river, an act of rebellion against British law from colonists who would battle in the American Revolution just two years later.

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American colonists chose tea as a turning point in the revolution against Great Britain.

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THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT WAS THE RESULT OF ROSA PARKS GETTING ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS. AT THE TIME, SEGREGATION EXISTED AND BLACK PEOPLE WERE REQUIRED TO GIVE UP THEIR SEATS IF THE BUS BECAME FULL. BLACK PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO SIT IN THE BACK OF THE BUS. ROSA PARKS WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE “COLORED SECTION” WHEN THE BUS BECAME FULL. FOUR PEOPLE INCLUDING PARKS WERE ASKED TO SURRENDER THEIR SEAT TO WHITE DUDES. THE OTHER THREE COMPLIED BUT PARKS REFUSED AND WAS ARRESTED AND FINED $14 (APROX $150 TODAY). THE BOYCOTT LASTED A BIT OVER A YEAR. THEY REFUSED TO RIDE BUSES. THE BUS COMPANY LOSE MONEY BECAUSE LIKE 75% OF THEIR RIDERS WERE BLACK. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE BOYCLOT.  THE INITIAL DEMAND WASNT TO GET RID OF SEGREGATION BUT RATHER HIRING BLACK DRIVERS AND A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE SEATING POLICY IN 1956 THE SUPREME COURT RULED SEGREGATION ON BUS WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

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The Greensboro Sit-In was a protest against segregation. It started when four black students sat in a restaurant with a policy of only serving white people and refusing to leave when denied service. The movement quickly spreaded around causing many others to do the same. Although many were arrested, it eventually forced establishments to change their segregation policy

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The 1960s was not a welcoming period of time for members of the LGBT community. For that reason, many individuals went to gay clubs, bars and other places where they can safely express themselves. At the time, same-sex relationships were illegal and New York State authorities would penalize bars serving LGBT individuals stating "homosexuals were disorderly" In 1969, police raided a gay bar which sparked a violent riot for 6 days. This protest led to many other gay rights movements.

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The Vietnam War Protest began as a small peaceful anti-war protest after the US bombed Vietnam. Majority of the anti-war protests occurred on college campuses. By 1967, the US army had over 15,000 and 109,000 of their troops killed and wounded. The war was costing Americans $25 Billion per year. Troop commanders wanted more men to fuel the war while more and more casualties were reported daily. About 40,000 young men were drafted monthly. Boxer Muhammed Ali was a known person who refused to get drafted, as a result, he earned a prison sentence and a 3-year ban from boxing. In 1967, the biggest anti-war protest even occurred. 100,000 protesters gathered at Lincoln Memorial and 30,000 more at the Pentagon. Hundreds of protesters were arrested. Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. also spoke out and said that the war was against everything America stands for.

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On an evening in 1991, Rodney King was driving on a highway when police tried to pull them over. It ended in a high speed pursuit where King eventually stopped. The officers then tasered King and beat him up with a baton 56 times as well as kicking, stomping and tackling him. The sergeant on scene testified that Rodney King resisted arrest and believed to be on drugs but the footage shows the officer had no intention to arrest King until he was completely still. A drug test on King also came back negative. When the officers were found not guilty for excessive force, riots broke out. The riots were very violent and resulted in 63 deaths, 2,383 injuries and 12,111 arrested. The riots included many homes/businesses damaged/destroyed, looting, assault, protest, arson, vandalisms and even shootouts. 3,767 buildings were destroyed as a result of the riots. $1B of damage was caused. The military sent more than 5,000 troops in to take control of the situation and soilders stayed in LA as late as up to a month after the riots for precaution. For the people who were arrested, many of them ended up being released as officers had trouble identifying who did what due to the large amounts of people they had to go through. In the end, 4 officers including a seargeant was charged with excessive force in the arrest of Rodney King.

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Eric Garner was in Staten Island as cops approached him with suspicion of him selling individual cigarettes. Garner said he was tired of being harassed and denied selling cigarettes, the officers then attempted to arrest Eric Garner who pulled his arms away. The officer then pinned Garner onto the ground and put him into a headlock. Garner repeated "I can't breathe" 11 times before being pronounced dead at a hospital an hour later. The grand jury eventually decided not to indict Pantaleo, the officer responsible for Garner's death. This stirred many outrage and protests throughout the country. In 2019, Pantaleo was fired after a NYPD disciplinary hearing.

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The Dakota Access Pipeline was a pipeline over 2,000 miles that was planned to be built but a native tribe called the Standing Rock Tribe claims that they were not consulted on the construction of the pipeline. They claim that the construction of the pipeline would damage cultural/historic grounds and contaminate Lake Oahe, where the tribe gets their water. Construction workers bulldozed the sacred land anyways and when the tribe tried to protest, police used attack dogs and water cannons. The tribe and police continued clashing as social media attention increased. At the end, there was 1 death, 300 injuries and over 800 arrests.

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The Day Without Immigrants was a boycott for immigrants and against deporting undocumented immigrants. Many immigrants refused to go to work or school for the day to show how important immigrants are. Hundreds to thousands of businesses were closed in each city across the US and attendance in many schools were low.

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On May 25, 2020, a convenience store worker called 911 on George Floyd for trying to buy cigarettes with a counterfeit $20. The officers were able to get Floyd out of his car and handcuff him. Floyd then started to appear to be in distress so the officers called for an ambulance. Floyd then refused to get into the backseats of the police car. The officers  struggled to get him into the backseats. Then the three officers pinned Mr. Floyd to the ground. Derek Chauvin, one of the officers, pinned his knee on Floyd for at least 8 minutes and 15 seconds. Floyd claimed to be unable to breathe multiple times during this arrest. When EMS arrived, Floyd did not have a pulse and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The following day, all of the four officers involved were fired. Protests started as soon as hours after the event. Protests then spreaded throughout the whole world. Majority of the protests were peaceful but many were also very violent riots involving looting, setting things on fire and violence. It was estimated  up to 26 million people in the US participated in the protests making it the largest protest in US history. There was 19 reported deaths, over 14,000 arrests and $2B in city damages. Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three counts: unintentional second-degree murder; third-degree murder; and second-degree manslaughter. He was the first white Minnesotan police officer to be convicted of murdering a black person.