Malt tax riots

时间

1725年6月23日

类型

骚乱

坐标

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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