Pine Tree Riot

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause enforcement of British pine tree laws
gptkbp:commemoratedBy historical markers in Weare, New Hampshire
gptkbp:date April 14, 1772
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pine Tree Riot
gptkbp:influenced colonial resistance movements
gptkbp:location gptkb:Weare,_New_Hampshire
gptkbp:notablePerson John Sherburne
Benjamin Whiting
Ebenezer Mudgett
gptkbp:objectedTo British monopoly on white pine trees
gptkbp:opposedBy British authorities
gptkbp:participants New Hampshire colonists
gptkbp:partOf pre-Revolutionary American resistance
gptkbp:penalty fines for rioters
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
Stamp Act protests
gptkbp:result colonists fined, increased resistance to British rule
gptkbp:significance precursor to the American Revolution
gptkbp:symbol white pine tree
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King's_Tree_(a_white_pine_marked_by_King_George_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8