What is Gordon Riots?
The '''Gordon Riots''' were mass rioting in [[London]], England in 1780. The riots started as a non-violent protest. In 1778 Parliament had passed the [[Catholic Relief Act]], which stopped some oppression of people who practised the [[Roman Catholic]] Christian religion. For example, it said Catholics could join the army without saying an oath that was against their religion. British people who practised the Protestant religion did not like that. In 1780, Lord Gordon said Parliament should repeal (take back) that law.<ref name=Archive>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/rights/gordon.htm|access-date=November 11, 2020|publisher=British National Archives|journal=Black Presence Home|title=The Gordon Riots}}</ref> People who agreed with Gordon put blue [[cockade]] decorations in their hats and marched across [[London Bridge]]. Then they saw some Lords and called them names and attacked their carriages. Then they found some Roman Catholic churches and set them on fire.<ref name=BL>{{cite news|url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/newspaper-report-of-the-gordon-riots-1780|publisher=British Library|journal=Whitehall Evening Post|access-date=November 11, 2020|title=PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION|date=June 1, 1780|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031054303/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/newspaper-report-of-the-gordon-riots-1780|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{Multistub|history|UK}} [[Category:18th century in England]] [[Category:1780]] [[Category:History of London]] [[Category:Riots in England]] [[Category:1780s in Great Britain]]