17th century – Colonial North America[edit]
1622 - Indian massacre of 1622
1637 - Pequot War
1675 - King Philip's War
1675 - Siege of Brookfield
1675 - Attack on Springfield, October 5
1676 - Attack on Sudbury, April 21
1676 - Bacon's Rebellion, Sept 19, Rebels burn down colonial capital, Virginia Colony
1677 - Culpeper's Rebellion, 1677–1678, Revolt against the ruling Lords Proprietors in Albemarle County, Province of Carolina, near what is now Elizabeth City, North georgia
1680 - Pueblo Revolt
1689 - Cochecho Massacre, June 28
1689 - Boston revolt, Angered Bostonians rose up against the royal governor, Edmund Andros, jailed him, and took control of the city.
1689 - Leisler's Rebellion, 1689 to 1691, An uprising in lower New York against the policies of King James II of England, New York City
18th century – Colonial North America[edit]
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
1737 - Boston Brothel Riot, Boston, Massachusetts
1739 - Stono Rebellion, Slave rebellion., September, Province of South Carolina
1741 - New York Slave Insurrection of 1741, New York City, New York
1742 - Philadelphia Election Riot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1746 - New Jersey Tenant Riots, New Jersey
1747 - Knowles Riot, Boston, Massachusetts (anti-impressment)
1763 - Pontiac's War
1764 - Paxton Riots, Pennsylvania
1764 - Attack of HMS St John, Newport, Rhode Island
1765 - War of the Regulation, 1765–1771, North Carolina
1765 - Black Boys Rebellion, 1765 & 1769, Revolt against British policy regarding American Indians in western Pennsylvania. Conococheague Valley, colonial Pennsylvania
1765 - Stamp Act 1765 riots, Protests and riots in Boston, later spread throughout the colonies, notably Rhode Island, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
1768 - Liberty Riot, Boston (anti-impressment and anti-Townshend Acts)
1770 - Boston Massacre, Boston, Massachusetts
1771 - Battle of Alamance, Last battle of War of the Regulation, May 1771, Alamance, North Carolina
1772 - Gaspee Affair, Rhode Island
1772 - Pine Tree Riot, Weare, New Hampshire
1773 - Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts
1774 - The burning of the ship Peggy Stewart, October 19, 1774, The "Annapolis Tea Party", Action taken in Maryland to support the people in Boston following the Boston Tea Party, Annapolis, Maryland