The Southern bread riots were events of civil unrest in the Confederacy during the American Civil War, perpetrated mostly by women in March and April 1863...

buildings to attain staple foods such as bread, grain, or salt, as in the 1977 Egyptian bread riots. Historically, food riots are part of a larger social movement...

1847. Southern bread riots – events of civil unrest in the Confederacy, perpetrated mostly by women in March and April 1863. During these riots, which...

tax riots, in UK 1990 Rebellion Riot Acts, in UK law Riot gun Southern bread riots, Confederacy 1863 Stonewall riots, New York City 1969 Student riot Tulsa...

The Egyptian "bread riots" of 1977 (Arabic: إنتِفاضة الخُبز, intifāḍhat-ul-khobz, “The Bread Intifada”) were a spontaneous uprising against the increase...

The Tunisian bread riots (French: émeutes du pain, Arabic: أحداث الخبز) were a series of violent demonstrations in Tunisia that occurred from December...

for many years but which was wildly unpopular in the colonies, producing riots and organized resistance. Hancock initially took a moderate position: as...

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...

The Boston bread riot was the last of a series of three riots by the poor of Boston in Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1710 and 1713, in response to food...

because the captain of Romney had been impressing local sailors; they began to riot, and customs officials fled to Castle William for protection. Daniel Calfe...