&gt;...(4th July, Bastille day) tends to be the statistical anomaly<p>While I think your statement is true, it&#x27;s probably true because individuals and society can adapt to invasive governemnt behavior for a very long time. Historically we see the Tea Act, the Boston massacre and the Intolerable acts and think &quot;Of course the colonies rose up&quot;<p>But we often forget or don&#x27;t take into account everything leading up to 1776 in the British Americas:<p>The British government prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian mountains in the early 1760s, offending many colonists.<p>The currency act banning bills of credit issued by the colonies.<p>the sugar, stamp, townshend and tea acts - all tax acts on common consumer goods such as sugar, tea, newspapers, playing cards, glass, paper etc. Some of these were later repealed but only under intense pressure and economic reprisals from the colonies.<p>This was all just after the French and Indian war which the colonies bore the brunt of. Many in the colonies felt that they had proved themselves in the war as a capable independent military and economic force. So there were least 10 years of turmoil leading up to July 1776 and 20 if you count the start of the French and Indian War.<p>And the American Revolution got the ball rolling for the French. Starting with Louis the 16th going into debt to help the colonies and helped merrily along by, yet again, an unfair tax system.<p>Both of these examples and many more, are largely caused by economic turmoil (largely, not solely, of course there are many factors).<p>I think as long as governments watch what you spend and where you spend it, but don&#x27;t decrease how much you can spend then everyone will go merrily along.