Malt tax riots

Quando

23 de jun. de 1725

Tipo

Tumulto

Coordenadas

55.78° N, 4.04° W

Description

protests against a tax in Scotland and England

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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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