Providence Rebellion |
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Part of The Collapse of the United States |
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Date | 6 April to 15 April 1980 |
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Location | Various New England Cities, mostly Providence |
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Result |
Commonwealth Victory, Liberal Democracy Survives, Communist Party banned |
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Territorial changes |
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania join the Commonwealth |
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Belligerents |
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United Commonwealth
• UC Army
• Providence Police Department
• FBI Dissidents
• American Iron Front |
Federal Loyalists
• Providence Emergency Committee
• US Army Holdouts |
Revolutionaries
• Communist Party USA
• Socialist Party USA Dissidents |
Commanders and leaders |
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George Patton IV |
Various Local Officers |
Boston People's Committee |
Strength |
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~5000 |
~750 |
~150 |
Casualties and losses |
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~65 Wounded |
~30 Dead
165 Wounded
~ 555 Surrendered |
3 Dead
~100 Arrested |
The Providence Rebellion were a series of clashes and riots that took place mostly in Providence, Rhode Island, with smaller fighting in Boston, Hartford, Springfield, Worcester and several smaller towns from 6 April to 15 April, 1980. The fighting was a direct result of the UCA's secession from the United States a month prior. The fighting was waged between Federal Loyalists, pro-Commonwealth forces, with left-wing forces engaging both in some instances.
History
Loyalist Coup
Plotters flee to Providence
Formation of the Boston People's Committee and Providence Soviet Republic
Command of George Patton IV
Collapse of the Communist Party
Battle of Worcester
Surrender of Providence
Federal Insurgency