Protestant Association

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The Protestant Association was an 18th-century British pressure group led by Lord George Gordon that campaigned against Catholic emancipation and helped spark the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780.

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Protestant Association canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century organization ⓘ
political pressure group ⓘ
activity organizing mass demonstrations ⓘ
petitioning Parliament ⓘ
associatedWithEvent anti-Catholic agitation in 1780 ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Lord George Gordon ⓘ
causeOf Gordon Riots ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
hasEffect heightened religious tensions in London ⓘ
historicalContext British anti-Catholic movement ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
ideology Protestant political activism ⓘ
influencedBy anti-Catholic sentiment in Britain ⓘ
leader Lord George Gordon ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
movementType pressure group ⓘ
namedAfter Protestantism ⓘ
notableLeader Lord George Gordon ⓘ
opposedTo Catholic emancipation ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
parliamentaryFocus Catholic Relief Acts ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-Catholic ⓘ
anti-popery ⓘ
purpose to lobby Parliament against Catholic relief legislation ⓘ
to oppose relief for Roman Catholics ⓘ
religiousOrientation Protestant ⓘ
significantEvent Gordon Riots ⓘ
socialMovement anti-Catholicism in Britain ⓘ
yearActive 1780 ⓘ

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Gordon Riots → participant → Protestant Association ⓘ
Lord George Gordon → led → Protestant Association ⓘ