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Lots of the Founding Fathers strongly disagreed with the Boston Tea Party as well, there were lots of tears shed over the destruction of private property then as well. In the end, it's turned into quite a nice founding story and they've decided the flawed principle they think it represents outweighs those concerns.
There's also the Gaspee Incident, a celebrated affair from 1772 where Rhode Islanders shot a British customs officer legitimately pursuing smugglers in the crotch and then burned his ship to the waterline.
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The Boston Tea Party come to mind, which was also a riot that change the course of history.