This month's Create challenge is about independence and belonging. Protest movements are also about the need for independence and the power of belonging to a group. Answer these questions to explore humanity's protest past.

1. It started on Halloween, 1517, when a noisy monk nailed a manifesto to the church door. What appropriate name does this religious 'reformation' have?
2. A 1789 Paris protest march turned violent – and gave birth to a new form of government. What date is celebrated in France, and what's it called?
3. In 1773, angry British colonists dumped 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbour as a protest against taxes. Sounds messy, but why was the Tea Party a big deal?
4. On 2 August 1848 in Rochester, New York, Abigail Bush and some other women did something previously unheard-of in the US. What was it?
5. In 1911, 80,000 people marched in New York City because they were outraged about the deaths of 146 women and girls. What had happened?
6. In 1930, Gandhi led 60,000 people on a 23-day march to break the law. What did they do that broke British law?
7. What form of protest did Nelson Mandela organise that made 26 June 1950 significant?
8. We all know that Martin Luther King made his 'I Have a Dream' speech during the August 1963 March on Washington. But what, exactly, were the protestors demanding at this event?
9. We know the protestors at Tiananmen Square in Beijing wanted democratic reform. About how many people were gathered there before the tanks arrived?
10. In 1989 – 200 years and a few months after the fracas in Paris – crowds of people helped remove a hated barrier in Europe. What was it?

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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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