History: In 1947 Canada raised the price of chocolate bars from 5¢ to 8¢ without much notice. Children protested against this 62.5% increase throughout the country, and approximately 200 stormed the legislature building of British Columbia.
via wikipedia: The candy bar protest, also known as the 5 cent chocolate war, the 5 cent war and the chocolate candy bar strike,[1] was a short-lived 1947 protest by Canadian children over the increase in price of chocolate bars from five to eight cents.[2][3] The strike began in Ladysmith, British Columbia, and spread across …