List of rebellions in the United States

This is a List of rebellions in the United States, it shows all rebellions fought in what is today the United States.

Name:	Date:	Location:	Events:	Rebel Groups:	Result:	Notes
Bacon's Rebellion	1676	Colony of Virginia	Bacon's forces attacked many of the neighboring Native tribes before driving governor William Berkeley from the capitol of Jamestown, burning the city. Suppressed by reinforcements from England.	Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon	The rebel forces, being composed of a mix of classes and races - many slaves and indentured whites among them - inspired the passing of the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705.
War of the Regulation	1765 – May 16, 1771	Colony of North Carolina	War of the Regulation Battle at the Yadkin River Battle of Alamance	Regulators	Result - Decisive government victory. British Royal Governor William Tryon and General Hugh Waddell (general) With 1,500; Defeat 2,300+ Regulators Led by Commanders and leaders Herman Husband, James Hunter, James Few (POW), Charles Harrington; Benjamin Merrill (POW) - Executed
American Revolution	1765 - 1783	British North America	American Revolutionary War Boston campaign Boston Massacre Pine Tree Riot	Thirteen Colonies	The Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America.
Shays' Rebellion	August 1786 – June 1787	Western Massachusetts	Paper Money Riot	Anti-austerity protesters and discontented Revolutionary War veterans led by Daniel Shays	Rising up against economic injustices and suspension of civil rights by Massachusetts. Won economic reforms in a landslide election shortly after protestors were dispersed by a privately raised militia at the Springfield Armory. Contributed to the convocation of the Constitutional Convention after the government established by the Articles of Confederation could not raise troops.
Whiskey Rebellion	1791–1794	Western Pennsylvania		Frontier tax protesters	Tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, over 175 distillers from Kentucky were convicted of violating the tax law. Suppressed by an army personally led by George Washington	No specific events
Fries's Rebellion	1799 - 1800			Rebel farmers	Armed tax revolt among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. Thirty men went on trial in Federal court.
State of Muskogee	1799–1803	Florida		William Augustus Bowles, various tribes of Southeastern Native Americans	Bowles desired to unite all the Native Americans to form a single country.	Andrew Jackson destroyed the capitol Miccosukee—the largest town in Florida at the time—in 1817.
1811 German Coast Uprising	January 8–10, 1811	Territory of Orleans		Rebel slaves	Between 64 and 125 enslaved men marched from sugar plantations near present-day LaPlace on the German Coast toward the city of New Orleans. Militia companies to hunt down and kill the insurgents.
Nat Turner's slave rebellion	August 21 – 23, 1831	Southampton County, Virginia		Rebel slaves	Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people. The rebellion was put down within a few days. Local blacks are massacred. Led to discriminatory legislation against both free blacks and slaves
Dorr Rebellion	1841-42	Rhode Island	Attempt to force a new government of Rhode Island under a new constitution that allowed more men to vote	Dorrites	Charterite victory, but later legal expansion of voting rights
1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation	1842	Indian Territory		Rebel slaves	Slaves escape and fight police, eventually captured.
Anti-Rent War	1839-1845	Upstate New York		Anti-Renters	The tenants could not pay the amounts demanded, could not secure favorable terms, and could not obtain relief in the courts, so they revolted against the patroon system. Trials of leaders of the revolt.
Taos Revolt	January 19-July 9, 1847	New Mexico	Cienega Affair Las Vegas Affair Red River Canyon Affair Second Battle of Mora	Mexico Local rebels	New Mexicans and Pueblo allies rebel against the United States' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican-American War. The rebels fought but after being defeated they abandoned open warfare.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry	October 16–18, 1859	Harpers Ferry, Virginia		Raider slaves and abolitionists	Abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt. Raid ended by troops.
American Civil War	April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865	Southern United States	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Western Theater of the American Civil War Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War	Confederate States of America	Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States of America.
New York City draft riots	July 13–16, 1863	Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York	Riots expressing discontent with new draft law; white attack on blacks because of economic competition.	Residents of New York City	New York Guard and Union Army troops restored order.	Largest civil and racially-charged insurrection in American history.
Battle of Liberty Place	September 14, 1874	New Orleans, Louisiana		White League	Attempted insurrection by the Crescent City White League against the Reconstruction Louisiana state government. Federal troops restored the elected government.	Part of anti-Reconstruction violence against the Union.
Election Riot of 1874	November 3, 1874	Eufaula, Alabama		White League	White supremacists take Republicans out of office and declared the Democrats as winners	Part of anti-Reconstruction violence against the Union.
Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882	February 1882		New York Governor Alonzo Cornell proclaimed a state of insurrection after local residents resisted the seizure of property to pay for railroad bonds from the Rochester, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railroad. Residents of Greenwood refused with violence and threats of more violence to pay a tax levied to repay money Greenwood had borrowed to help construction of a never-built railroad.	Citizens of Greenwood	Taxes paid, insurrection ended at threat of calling out militia.	Molly Maguires said to be involved.
Wilmington insurrection of 1898	November 10, 1898	Wilmington, North Carolina		Waddell's Army Segregationist rioters	Successful removal of local government, retaining segregationist policies.
Green Corn Rebellion	August 2–3, 1917	Seminole County, Oklahoma		Rebel farmers	The uprising was a reaction by radicalized European-Americans, tenant farmers, Seminoles, Muscogee Creeks and African-Americans to an attempt to enforce the Selective Draft Act of 1917 during World War I. The country rebels met with a well-armed posse of townsmen, with whom shots were exchanged and three people killed.
Coal Wars	c.1890 - 1930	Eastern United States and Colorado	Coal Creek War Colorado Coalfield War Battle of Blair Mountain	Miners and unions	The Coal Wars, or the Coal Mine Wars, were a series of armed labor conflicts in the United States, they occurred mainly in the East, particularly in Appalachia.
Battle of Athens (1946)	August 1–2, 1946	McMinn County, Tennessee		Angered citizens, including World War II veterans	Citizens assault buildings and cause later reforms.
San Juan Nationalist revolt	October 30, 1950	Puerto Rico	Jayuya Uprising Utuado Uprising	Puerto Rican Nationalist Party	Nationalist revolt that took place on October 30, 1950, in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. The top leaders of the Nationalist party were arrested, including Albizu Campos and Blanca Canales, and sent to jail to serve long prison terms.
Black Power movement	1960s – present	Nationwide	Glenville shootout 1969 Greensboro uprising	Black Guerilla Family Black Liberation Army Black Panther Party Black Revolutionary Assault Team George Jackson Brigade M19CO MOVE Symbionese Liberation Army Weather Underground White Panther Party	Radicalization of the Civil Rights Movement.
Red Power movement	1960s – present		Wounded Knee incident	American Indian Movement	Radicalization of a Native American movement.
Attica Prison riot	September 9–13, 1971	Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, New York	Prison riot after the killing of George Jackson	Inmates	Prison retaken by the New York State Police on orders from Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.	No specific events
Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge	January 2, 2016 – February 11, 2016	Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon		Radical right militias led by Ammon Bundy	Land reform movement opposed to federal ownership of public land, ended by police.	Related to the Bundy standoff.
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone	June 8, 2020 - July 1, 2020	Seattle, Washington	The zone, originally covering six city blocks and Cal Anderson Park, was established on June 8, 2020, by George Floyd protesters after the Seattle Police Department (SPD) left its East Precinct building	Black Lives Matter Antifa	Police and National Guard cleared out on July 1st.
2021 storming of the United States Capitol	January 6, 2021	United States Capitol, Washington, DC	Supporters of President Donald Trump (some of whom were armed) stormed the capitol building after being incited there by the President, his sons,[1] and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani.[2] They broke through barriers, broke down doors, busted through windows, and stole public property.[1] The supporters obtained access to the Senate Floor, balconies, and offices; and sat at the Senate President's desk.[1]	Trump Supporters	On the order of Vice President Mike Pence and Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller[3][4] the National Guard from DC, Virginia, and Maryland were activated. The Governors of Maryland and Virginia sent in additional police support to assist in quelling the insurgents. The insurgents were removed, albeit with five deaths, and numerous injuries of police officers.[5] The Senate and The House were able to resume the counting of the Electoral College Votes. President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on January 13, 2021 for ‘Incitement of Insurrection’.[6]

See also

• List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
• Terrorism in the United States
• Insurrection Act of 1807 § Invocations of the act

References

1. Staff, Washington Post. "Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building". Washington Post.
2. Blake, Aaron. "Analysis | 'Let's have trial by combat': How Trump and allies egged on the violent scenes Wednesday". Washington Post.
3. Sonne, Paul; Lamothe, Dan; Ryan, Missy; Horton, Alex (January 6, 2021). "Pentagon, lambasted for heavy response in the past, on sideline during Capitol melee". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
4. Boykin, Nick (January 7, 2021). "National Guard troops deployed to DC to quell riots". WUSA9.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
5. CNN, Mary Kay Mallonee and Paul LeBlanc. "US Capitol Police confirm death of officer after pro-Trump riot". CNN. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
6. "House impeaches Trump for 'incitement of insurrection'". CNN. Retrieved 14 January 2021.