Year(s) | Colony | Locality | Riot or Riot-producing Event |
---|---|---|---|
1760- | North Carolina | Regulator riots and disturbances | |
1760 | New York | New York City | Anti-impressment riots (two) |
1763-1764 | Pennsylvania | Paxton Boys disturbances | |
1764 | New York | New York City | Anti-impressment riot |
1764 | New York | New York City | "Soldiers riot and attempted rescue" |
1764 | Rhode Island | Newport | Anti-impressment riot |
1764 | Massachusetts | Dighton | Anticustoms riot |
1764 | Rhode Island | Newport | Anticustoms riot |
1765 | Pennsylvania | Cumberland County | Rangers riot against Indian traders |
1765 | North Carolina | Mecklenburg County | Riot against land surveyors |
1765 | Rhode Island | Newport | Anti-impressment riot |
1765-1766 | Various | Various | Anti-Stamp Act riots |
1766 | New York | Hudson River | Antirent riots |
1766 | Connecticut | New London | Rogerene religious movement |
1766 | Massachusetts (Maine) | Falmouth | Anticustoms riot |
1766 | Connecticut | New Haven | Anticustoms riot |
1766 | Virginia | Norfolk | Anticustoms riot |
1767 | Virginia | Norfolk | Anti-impressment riot |
1768 | Massachusetts | Boston | Sloop Liberty (anti-customs riot) |
1768 | Virginia | Norfolk | Smallpox riot |
1767-1769 | South Carolina | Regulator riots and disturbances | |
1769 | Connecticut | New Haven | Anticustoms riot |
1769 | Connecticut | New London | Anticustoms riot |
1769 | Rhode Island | Newport | Anticustoms riot |
1769 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Anticustoms riot |
Late 1760s | Rhode Island | Newport | Riots against unfaithful husbands |
Late 1760s | Rhode Island | Providence | Riots against unfaithful husbands |
Late 1760s | New York | New York City | Riots against unfaithful husbands |
1769-1770 | New Jersey | Monmouth County | Antilawyer riot |
1770 | Rhode Island | Anticustoms turmoil | |
1770 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Anitcustoms riot |
1770 | New York | New York City | Liberty pole riot |
1770 | Massachusetts | Boston | Boston Massacre |
1770-1774 | (Vermont) | New Hampshire grant riots | |
1771 | Massachusetts | Boston | Riot against whorehouse |
1771 | Rhode Island | Providence | Riot against tidesman |
1771 | Rhode Island | Anticustoms turmoil | |
1772 | Rhode Island | Providence waters | Burning the Gaspee (anti-customs riot) |
1773 | Massachusetts | Boston | Boston Tea Party |
1774 | Rhode Island | Providence | Licensing question riot |
1774 | Rhode Island | East Greewich | Antitory riot |
1774 | Rhode Island | Newport | Anticustoms riot |
1775 | Maryland | Sassafrass-Bohemia | Anticustoms riot |
1775 | Georgia | Anticustoms riot |
Violence and the American Revolution by Richard Maxwell Brown
Essays on the American Revolution edited by Stephen G. Kurtz and James H. Hutson, pages 119-120
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1973