The objective Aiming of the invasion Attack was to topple Change_of_leadership Colonel Mohamed Bacar 's leadership in Anjouan , an island in the Union of Comoros , when he refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to step down Change_of_leadership after a disputed 2007 election Change_of_leadership , in defiance Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the federal government and the AU .

Later in the day , three ships of the squadron launched Motion their ship 's boats and instigated a boarding action against the anchored ships , in defiance of Genoese neutrality .

The events electrified Native Americans , who were inspired Influence by the sight of their people standing Placing in defiance of the government occupying their land .

Casualties Catastrophe and damage Damaging were severe on both sides , and the defiance of the French ship was celebrated Social_event in both countries as a brave defence against overwhelming odds .

Protests in Tiananmen Square ( April–June 1989 ) failed to stimulate major political changes in China , but influential images of courageous defiance during that protest helped to precipitate events in other parts of the globe .

In defiance of imperial forces , the army seized Getting control Control of Quanzhou , Putian , and even reached Arriving the provincial capital Fuzhou .

However , the workers refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to go into their fields unless they had police protection to go through the village , after Methodists from the local church attacked Attack a group of growers for working on Sundays in defiance of Fiji 's Sunday Observance Decree .