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Malt tax riots

23 juin 1725 · 55.78° N, 4.04° W

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23 juin 1725
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55.78° N, 4.04° W
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protests against a tax in Scotland and England

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Malt tax riots

Protests against a tax in Scotland and England

The malt tax riots were a wave of protest against the extension of the English malt tax to Scotland. The riots began in Hamilton on 23 June 1725 and soon spread throughout the country. The fiercest protests, the Shawfield riots, were in Glasgow, but significant disturbances occurred in Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee, Ayr, Elgin and Paisley.

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