All posts tagged "riots"
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6.5K1MassachusettsWhen Massachusetts Abolished the State Police
In 1875, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolished the state police department. It was only 10 years old, the first state police force...
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4.3KMassachusettsBostonians Practice Their Tea Party on Andrew Belcher
Sixty-three years before the Boston Tea Party, outraged men launched a nighttime attack on a ship belonging to Andrew Belcher in Boston...
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5.3K6Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. in New England
Martin Luther King spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in Connecticut...
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3.9K1MaineMaine Stamp Act Riot of 1766
News was slow to reach Maine in 1766, and it cost William King dearly. The Maine Stamp Act Riot of 1766 targeted...
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8.6K3New HampshireThe Canaan Mob and the Noyes Academy
In 1834 a group of New Hampshire abolitionists decided to establish a school for black students. At first, Noyes Academy seemed relatively...
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25.4K2ConnecticutHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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11.4K4Business and LaborPasta la Vista – F.P. Ventrone Sparks the Providence Macaroni Riots
The summer of 1914 was a flash-point for the Italian immigrant families living in Providence, R.I. Squeezed on one side by an...
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11.1K3bostonSix Colonial Uprisings Before the Revolution
The Boston Tea Party was just one of several colonial uprisings before the shot was heard ‘round the world on April 19,...
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6.1K6MaineMaine’s Elijah Lovejoy: The First Casualty of the Civil War
On November 7, 1837, Henry West – a shop owner in Alton, Ill. – needed a peaceful solution to an armed standoff...
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10.2K2ConnecticutNew England’s Forgotten Puerto Rican Riots
From 1967 to 1979, Puerto Rican riots broke out in New England cities from Waterbury, Conn., to Worcester, Mass. Outsiders didn’t understand...
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