Title: 13 Peaceful Protests and Whether They Worked | Mental Floss
Headings: 13 Peaceful Protests and Whether They Worked
13 Peaceful Protests and Whether They Worked
1. Cherokee Indian Resistance to Forced Relocation (1838)
2. Gandhi’s Salt March (1930)
3. The White Rose Resistance (1942–1943)
4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956)
5. The Kent State Demonstrations (1970)
6. The Tree Sitters of Pureora (1978)
7. Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)
8. The Lust Lady Strike of San Francisco (1997)
9. The Singing Revolution (1986-1991)
10. Demonstration against Invading Iraq (2003)
11. The “Lactivists” at Applebee’s (2007)
12. The Wisconsin Teachers Strike (2011)
13. The Nuts of Jericho (2007)

Content: Built tree houses, refused to leave them
Results: The Government agreed to permanently stop logging operations and the area became a park. Was the Protest a Success? Yes. It has also inspired many other tree-sitting protests, with varying levels of success. 7. Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)
Objective: Political reform and free media in the authoritarian Chinese government
Method of Protest: Seven weeks of peaceful marches and demonstrations
Results: The People's Liberation Army of China opened fire on the protesters.