The New American Revolution was a time of protest and riots around Canada and the United States of America from early 2005 until early 2006. The major reason for the protests was economic failures do to low taxing and major deregulation of both country's economies and high unemployment. Major movements which started protests were the California Unemployment Protests where unemployment in some areas was around 45%, the average being 38.9%. Other protests including the Vancouver/Canadian Radicals and the Polar Alliance which stood to make a new northern, Arctic country.