Spitalfields Riots

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The Spitalfields Riots were late-18th-century disturbances in London’s Spitalfields district, driven largely by silk weavers protesting wage cuts and industrial changes that threatened their livelihoods.

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Spitalfields Riots canonical 1
Spitalfields weavers’ riots 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial conflict ⓘ
labor dispute ⓘ
riot ⓘ
affectedGroup Spitalfields working-class community ⓘ
silk weaving families ⓘ
cause disputes over piece rates ⓘ
enforcement of wage regulations ⓘ
industrial changes ⓘ
threats to weavers' livelihoods ⓘ
wage cuts ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
hasAftermath long-term economic hardship for Spitalfields weavers ⓘ
tightened control over weavers' organizations ⓘ
hasContext Industrial Revolution ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
urban labor unrest in London ⓘ
hasType economic protest ⓘ
labor unrest ⓘ
industry silk weaving ⓘ
location East End of London ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Spitalfields ⓘ
mainParticipants local authorities ⓘ
master weavers ⓘ
silk weavers ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to maintain customary wages ⓘ
resistance to mechanization and industrial change ⓘ
opposedBy local constables ⓘ
magistrates ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
partOf history of London social conflict ⓘ
history of labor movements in Britain ⓘ
relatedTo Spitalfields silk industry ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ
wage protection laws ⓘ
weavers' combinations ⓘ
result decline of traditional silk weaving in Spitalfields ⓘ
executions of some weavers ⓘ
increased policing of Spitalfields ⓘ
repression of weavers' protests ⓘ
temporalLocation 18th century ⓘ
Georgian era ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spitalfields → hasHistoricalEvent → Spitalfields Riots ⓘ
subject linked to: Spitalfields, London, England
Spitalfields silk industry → associatedWithEvent → Spitalfields weavers’ riots ⓘ
linked to: Spitalfields Riots