What are examples in history of people standing up against the government?

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Examples I have include the initial revolution against Great Britain, Prohibition, and the Vietnam War. What are some other important instances in history?
I forgot to specify. I'm only talking about instances in American history.
 
American Revolution
English Revolution
French Revolution
Russian Revolution

Protesting
Boycotts
Civil Disobedience
Conscientious Objector
Fasting
Hara Kiri
Riot
Rebellion
Civil Rights Movements
Civial Liberty Movements

famous protests:
Colonial North Africa Protests
Apartheid; African Americans:
The African American Experience
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Catavi Massacre
Charter 77
Hours of Labor: The 8-Hour Day
Native Americans: The Termination Period;
Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Shays’ Rebellion
Tiananmen Square Protest
Vietnam War: Response to the War in the United States; Soweto; Washington D.C.;
Nagaland;
Gdansk;
Poznan;
Alcatraz;
Birmingham (Alabama);
Dayton;
Greensboro;
Gaza Strip;
West Bank;
Olympic Games;
Koryakia;
Chicago (city, Illinois);
Berkeley;
Lidice

famous protestors:
Samuel Adams;
Crispus Attucks;
Mohandas Gandhi;
Michael Harrington;
Martin Luther King, Jr.;
Nelson Mandela;
Daniel O’Connell;
Lech Wałęsa

Beat Generation;
Helen Tamiris

environmental protests,
Evenkia;
Greenpeace
women’s protest group,
National Organization for Women (NOW)
 
1775–1783: The American Revolution
1789–1799:The French Revolution
The British Agricultural Revolution (18th century)+ industrial revolution
1919: The German Revolution
1958: The Iraqi Revolution
2003: The Rose Revolution in Georgia
 
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