[Manuel_D]

No, the colonies didn't protest the rebelled. The colonies procured arms, raised an army, and fought attempts by the British to reassert control.

It wasn't a protest, it was a war.

[the_real_cher]

Are there wars where one party isnt protesting?

[Manuel_D]

This is just a nonsensical question. The US Revolutionary War was a war. Whether or not there were non violent protests happening contemporaneously doesn't change the fact that it was a war.

[mafuy]

No. It became a war, but civil wars tend to not start all at once and out of the blue. What would the situation look like at the very beginning?