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Campaign Name Country Start Yearsort icon End Year Classification Cluster Total points Published Edit
Egyptian laborers strike for pay, ~1170 BCE Egypt Before A.D. Before A.D.
Change
Economic Justice
 8 out of 10 points Yes
Plebeians campaign at Sacred Mount for economic and political rights, Ancient Rome, 494 BCE Italy Before A.D. Before A.D.
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Democracy
Human Rights
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Plebeians win victory for the rule of law in Ancient Rome, 449 BCE. (See also 494 campaign.) Italy Before A.D. Before A.D.
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Democracy
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Jewish peasants block construction of statue of Gaius Caligula in Galilee, 40 CE Israel, Palestine 0's 0's
Defense
Democracy
National/Ethnic Identity
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Milanese Catholics and Bishop Ambrose defend their Basilica, 385-386 CE Italy 300's 300's
Defense
Human Rights
National/Ethnic Identity
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Quakers fight for religious freedom in Puritan Massachusetts, 1656-1661 United States 1600's 1600's
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Human Rights
 8 out of 10 points Yes
English Quakers campaign for freedom of religion, 1647-1689 England 1600's 1600's
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Human Rights
 9 out of 10 points Yes
Iroquois women gain power to veto wars, 1600s United States 1600's 1600's
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Democracy
Peace
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Polish artisans strike for the right to vote, Jamestown, Virginia, 1619 United States 1600's 1600's
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Democracy
 8 out of 10 points Yes
British citizens campaign for the abolition of the slave trade, 1787-1807 United Kingdom 1700's 1807
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Human Rights
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Bishnoi villagers sacrifice lives to save trees, 1730 India 1700's 1700's
Defense
Environment
National/Ethnic Identity
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Chinese elites and commoners use city gods and direct action to hasten flood relief, Qing China, 1742 China 1700's 1700's
Change
Economic Justice
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Chinese peasants campaign for food and price controls, Jiangsu Province, 1748 China 1700's 1700's
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Economic Justice
 6 out of 10 points Yes
Manchester workers campaign for economic equality and political representation (Peterloo Massacre), 1817-1820 United Kingdom 1817 1820
Change
Democracy
Economic Justice
 3 out of 10 points Yes
Cherokee campaign against displacement, 1827-1838 United States 1827 1838
Defense
Democracy
Human Rights
National/Ethnic Identity
 4 out of 10 points Yes
Formerly enslaved people end apprenticeship practices in Trinidad, 1832-1838 Trinidad and Tobago 1832 1838
Change
Democracy
Economic Justice
Human Rights
 7 out of 10 points Yes
English laborers campaign against economic repression (The Tolpuddle Martyrs), 1833-36 England 1833 1836
Change
Economic Justice
Human Rights
 5 out of 10 points Yes
British workers strike for better wages and political reform (“The Plug Plot Riots”), 1842 United Kingdom 1842 1842
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Defense
Democracy
 6 out of 10 points Yes
Hungarians campaign for independence from Austrian Empire, 1859-1867 Hungary 1859 1867
Change
National/Ethnic Identity
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Philadelphia African-Americans desegregate trolley cars, 1865-1869 United States 1865 1869
Change
Human Rights
National/Ethnic Identity
 8 out of 10 points Yes
Manitoba women win right to vote, 1870-1916 Canada 1870 1916
Change
Democracy
 10 out of 10 points Yes
Rochester, New York, women defy ban on voting, 1872-1873 United States 1872 1873
Change
Democracy
Human Rights
 3 out of 10 points Yes
Maori resistance to British land seizure at Parihaka, New Zealand, 1879-81 New Zealand 1879 1881
Defense
Economic Justice
National/Ethnic Identity
 3 out of 10 points Yes
Sheikh Amadu Bàmba’s Murīd Resistance to French Colonial Oppression Senegal 1886 1927
Change
Democracy
Economic Justice
National/Ethnic Identity
 5 out of 10 points Yes
Iranian resistance to Tobacco Concession, 1891-1892 Iran 1891 1892
Defense
Economic Justice
 10 out of 10 points Yes
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