New york conscription riots occurred in July 1863. Some people describe this period of American history as "the history before American democracy", which is inaccurate. 1In July 776, the United States declared its independence.1In June 789, the United States elected its first president, Washington. 1863 In June, American President Lincoln was the first 16 president. We can't say that there was no democracy in America when Lincoln was president. It can only be said that a democratic society like the United States has developed and perfected so far. 1July 863, the only civil war since the founding of the United States-the Civil War, has been fought for two years. The federal government of the United States decided to force 300,000 recruits. The compulsory conscription plan includes allowing the selected people to pay $300 to "hire" others to serve in their place. This provision was regarded as a "bad law" by the poor in the United States at that time, which meant that the children of the poor were recruited to die as soldiers, but the rich could easily escape this robbery. On July 12, about 50,000 people took part in the demonstration after the newspaper published the list of new york conscripts, mainly composed of Irish, German and Polish new immigrants. The demonstration soon turned into a riot. Not only the conscription office was smashed, but also the rich were attacked. Mobs also targeted blacks-they hanged and killed blacks they met in the street, and they burned down black churches and orphanages. They thought the demonstration included the liberation of slaves in the south. Recruitment riots in new york always last for three days, and it is estimated that more than 20 people were killed in the riots, most of them black. The riot was finally suppressed by Lincoln's army. In the process of repression, the army infantry not only shot at the crowd including women and children, but also the army navy shot at the crowd from the ship. The government has no accurate statistics on how many demonstrators and thugs were killed or injured. It is estimated that at least hundreds of people died in the military crackdown. The injured are afraid to go to the hospital for treatment, so they can't know the number. Many demonstrators later fled to the mountainous areas of new york, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In the repression, the army and the police always arrested more than 400 people, and only 9 people were sentenced in the end. None of the nine people sentenced was the organizer of the demonstration. The organizers of the demonstration either died in military repression or fled. Before the conscription riots in new york City, some local governments in the United States paid $300 through extra taxes for those poor people who were forced to recruit but didn't want to serve. After the conscription riots in new york City, the New York State Government set up a fund with the help of the wealthy people in New York State to pay $300 to those poor people who were forced to enlist by the federal government but did not want to serve. As a result, the federal government's plan of compulsory conscription of 300,000 people was only half completed, and many people who were recruited for service were "hired" substitutes. This period of history in the development of American democracy is rarely mentioned, but the film Gangs of New York, which was produced in 2002, is based on the conscription riots in new york. American historians believe that the film truly reproduces the bloody scenes of riots and repression at that time.