List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

Listed are major episodes of civil unrest in the United States. This list does not include the numerous incidents of destruction and violence associated with various sporting events.see Ronald Gottesman, and Richard Maxwell Brown, eds. Violence in America: an encyclopedia (1999).

18th century 1783 – Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, June 20. Anti-government protest by soldiers of the Continental Army against the Congress of the Confederation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1786 – Shays's Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – February 3, 1787, Western Massachusetts 1786 – Paper Money Riot, September 20, Exeter, New Hampshire 1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, New York City 1791–1794 – Whiskey Rebellion, Western Pennsylvania (anti-excise tax on whiskey) 1799 – Fries's Rebellion, 1799–1800, Tax revolt by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers, Pennsylvania

19th century 1800–1849 1811 – 1811 German Coast uprising, slave revolt in the Territory of Orleans 1812 – Baltimore riots, these took place shortly before the War of 1812 1824 – Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots, 1824 & 1831 respectively, Providence, RI (race riots) 1829 – Cincinnati riots of 1829, August 15–22, Cincinnati, Ohio; race riots triggered by labor competition between Irish immigrants and southern black migrants 1831 – Nat Turner's Rebellion, August 21–23, Southampton County, Virginia 1833 – Sylvester Graham Riot, Providence, Rhode Island 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City 1834 – Philadelphia race riot, August 12– 14 1834 – Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School, Canterbury, Connecticut, one of the first schools for African American girls 1834 – Sylvester Graham Riot, Portland, Maine 1835 – Baltimore bank riot, August 6–9 1835 – Gentleman's Riot, numerous riots throughout 1835 targeting abolitionists, Boston, Massachusetts 1835 – Snow Riot, Washington D.C.; race riot caused by labor competition 1835 – Destruction of Noyes Academy, Canaan, New Hampshire, a racially integrated school 1835–1836 – Toledo War, a boundary dispute between states of Michigan and Ohio 1836 – Cincinnati Riots of 1836, Cincinnati, Ohio (race riots) 1837 – Flour Riots, New York City 1837 – Murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy 1837 – Sylvester Graham Riot, Boston, Massachusetts 1838 – Burning of Pennsylvania Hall; a lecture hall built with the intention of debating abolition, women's rights, and other reforms is burned down only 4 days after opening. 1839 – Honey War, Iowa-Missouri border 1839 – Anti-Rent War, Hudson Valley, New York 1841 – Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Island 1841 – Cincinnati Riots of 1841, early September, Cincinnati, Ohio (race riot) 1842 – Lombard Street Riot, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Philadelphia 1842 – Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots, May 6–8, July 6–7, Philadelphia (anti-Catholic) 1845 – Milwaukee Bridge War 1849 – Astor Place riot, May 10, New York City, (anti-British)

1850–1859 1851 – Christiana Riot, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1853 – Cincinnati Riot of 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio (anti-Catholic) 1855 – Cincinnati riots of 1855 (anti-immigration) 1855 – Lager Beer Riot, April 21, Chicago, Illinois 1855 – Portland Rum Riot, June 2, Portland, Maine 1855 – Bloody Monday, Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6, Louisville, Kentucky (anti-immigration) 1855 – Detroit brothel riots, 1855–1859, Detroit, MichiganDetroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001 1856 – Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856, when proslavery settlers ransacked Lawrence, Kansas, founded by antislavery Yankees. Kansas Territory became known as Bleeding Kansas. 1856 – Battle of Seattle (1856), Jan 26, Attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. 1856 – Pottawatomie massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas 1856 – Baltimore Know-Nothing riots of 1856, (anti-immigration) 1856 – San Francisco Vigilance Movement, San Francisco, California 1857 – Know-Nothing Riot, June 1, Washington D.C. (anti-immigration) 1857 – New York City Police Riot, June 16, New York City 1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, July 4–5, New York City 1858 – Know-Nothing Riot 1858, New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-immigration) 1858 – Staten Island Quarantine War, September 1 & 2, 1858 1859 – John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, October 16, Harpers Ferry, Virginia

1860–1869 1861–1865: American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865, United States 1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861, April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, Maryland 1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured, St. Louis, Missouri 1862 – 1862 Brooklyn riot occurred August 4 between the New York Metropolitan Police against a white mob attacking African American strike-breakers at a Tobacco Factory 1862 – Buffalo riot of 1862, August 12, Buffalo, New York (labor riot) 1863 – Detroit race riot of 1863, March 6 1863 – Tally's War/Skunk River War, Keokuk County, Iowa 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 1863 – New York City draft riots, July 13–16, (anti-draft) 1864 – Charleston Riot, March 28, Charleston, Illinois 1865 – April 1–3, 1865 Burning of Richmond The endgame of the Civil War 1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866, May 1–3, Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction, Memphis, Tennessee 1866 – New Orleans riot, July 30, New Orleans, Louisiana 1867 – 1867 Franklin riot, July 10, Franklin, Tennessee 1867 – 1867 Rogersville riot, July 26, Rogersville, Tennessee 1868 – Pulaski Riot, Pulaski, Tennessee (race riot)

1870–1879

1870 – First New York City Orange riot, Irish Catholics versus Irish Protestants during The Twelfth celebrations 1870 – Kirk-Holden war, July–November, Caswell and Alamance counties North Carolina 1870 – Mamaroneck Riot, labor riot between Italian and Irish laborers 1870 – Eutaw Riot, Eutaw, Alabama, Ku Klux Klan attacked a Republican rally 1871 – Second New York City Orange riot outside US Grand Orange Lodge 1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871, March, Meridian, Mississippi 1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot, Los Angeles, California 1873 – Colfax massacre, April 13, Colfax, Louisiana (race related) 1874 – Brooks–Baxter War, an attempted coup of Arkansas by the failed gubernatorial candidate 1874 – Coushatta massacre, August, An attack by the White League on Republican officeholders and freedmen, Coushatta, Louisiana 1874 – Election Riot of 1874, Barbour County, Alabama (race related) 1874 – Tompkins Square Riot, New York City (poverty) 1874 – Battle of Liberty Place, New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-Reconstruction) 1874–1875 – Vicksburg massacre, Vicksburg, Mississippi (anti-Reconstruction) 1876 – South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876, South Carolina (race riots) 1877 – Widespread rioting occurred across the US as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877: Baltimore railroad strike in Baltimore, Maryland Shamokin uprising, Shamokin, Pennsylvania 1877 – San Francisco Riot of 1877 (anti-Chinese immigration)

1880–1889

1880 – Garret Mountain May Day riot, May 1, Paterson, New Jersey 1884 – Cincinnati riots of 1884, March 28–30, Cincinnati, Ohio 1885 – Rock Springs massacre, September 2, 1885, white miners attack Chinese miners; 28 killed, 15 injured, Rock Springs, Wyoming 1886 – Seattle riot of 1886, February 6–9, Seattle, Washington (anti-Chinese) 1886 – Haymarket riot, May 4, Chicago, Illinois (labor riot) 1886 – Bay View Massacre, May 4; 1400 workers march for eight hour work day; 7 killed and several more wounded after confrontation with National Guard. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1887 – Reservoir war, April 25; a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure. Antwerp, Ohio 1887 – Thibodaux Massacre, November 22–25; a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana in November 1887 Thibodaux, Louisiana 1888 – Jaybird-Woodpecker War, 1888–90, two factions of Democratic Party fight for control, Fort Bend County, Texas 1889 – 1889 Forrest City riot, May 18, Forrest City, Arkansas (race riot) 1889 – 1889 Jesup riot, December 25, Jesup, Georgia

1890–1899 1891 – Hennessy Affair, New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-Italian) 1891 – Morewood massacre, United Mine Workers strike 1892 – Homestead strike, July 6, 1892, Homestead, Pennsylvania 1892–1893 – Mitcham War, Clarke County, Alabama; group of young rural farmers attack nearby businessmen, possibly motivated by 1892 election 1894 – May Day riots of 1894, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio (labor riot) 1894 – American Railway Union striking Pullman factory workers near Chicago, Illinois 1894 – Pullman strike American Railway Union strike versus federal troops, many cities west of Detroit 1894 – Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike, coal mining regions 1895 – New Orleans dockworkers riot, New Orleans, Louisiana 1897 – Lattimer massacre, September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania (labor massacre) 1898 – 1898 Tampa riot, June 6–7, Tampa, Florida; confrontation between white and segregated black soldiers 1898 – Battle of Virden, October 12, Coal strike; 11 killed, 35 wounded, Virden, Illinois 1898 – Phoenix election riot, November 8, Greenwood County, South Carolina (race riot) 1898 – Wilmington massacre, November 10, Wilmington, North Carolina (coordinated terrorist attack, race riot and coup d'état against blacks and reconstructionists) 1899 – Pana riot, April 10, Coal mine labor conflict; 7 killed, 6 wounded, Pana, Illinois 1899 – Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899

20th century 1900–1909 1900 – Akron Riot of 1900, Akron, Ohio 1900 – New Orleans Riot (race riots) 1900 – 1900 Liberty County riot, August 18, Liberty County, Georgia 1900 – New York City Race Riot 1901 – Denver Riots, Denver, Colorado 1901 – Pierce City Riots, Pierce City, Missouri 1903 – Colorado Labor Wars, 1903–1904 1903 – Anthracite Coal Strike, Eastern Pennsylvania 1903 – Evansville Race Riot, Evansville, Indiana 1905 – 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike, April 7 – July 19, Conflict between the Teamsters Union and the Employers' Association of Chicago by the end, 21 people killed and 416 injured, mostly workers. Chicago, IL 1906 – Rioting and looting after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake 1906 – Atlanta Race Riot, Atlanta, Georgia 1907 – Bellingham riots, Bellingham, Washington (anti-Indian riots) 1908 – Springfield Race Riot, Springfield, Illinois (anti-Black riots) 1909 – Greek Town riot, February 21, South Omaha, Nebraska (anti-Greek riots)

1910–1919 1910 – Johnson–Jeffries riots (race riots) 1910–1919 – Bandit War Southern Texas 1910 – Philadelphia general strike (1910), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1910 – Slocum massacre, July 29–30, Slocum, Texas 1912 – Lawrence textile strike, Lawrence, Massachusetts (January to March) 1912 – Grabow riot (July 7); (labor riot) 1913 – Wheatland Riot, August 3, Wheatland, California (labor riot) 1913 – Paterson silk strike, February 25 – July 28 Paterson, New Jersey 1913 – Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, Calumet, Michigan 1913 – Colorado Coalfield War, September 23 – April 29, 1914, Southern Colorado (labor riot) 1913 – Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913, October 30 – November 7, Indianapolis, Indiana 1914 – Ludlow massacre, April 20, Ludlow, Colorado (labor massacre) 1914 – Macaroni Riots, August 29 – September 7, Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island 1916 – Preparedness Day bombing, July 22, San Francisco, California 1916 – Everett massacre, November 5, Everett, Washington (labor massacre) 1917 – Bath riots, January 28–30, El Paso, Texas