Sir Charles Wetherell gave such an impassioned House of Commons speech against granting these people new rights that his suspenders burst and his trousers fell off. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these people. A 1778 act granting these people more rights was a cause of the Gordon Riots against them.
ANSWER: Roman Catholics [accept Papists or English Catholics or British Catholics; reject “Christians”]
[10h] The Gordon Riots were partially put down by this London police force. The blind Sir John Fielding led this first police force in the city for almost thirty years.
ANSWER: Bow Street Runners
[10e] A century and a half earlier, this Catholic joined Robert Catesby’s 1605 plot to blow up the House of Lords. This man now names a “night” celebrated each November 5th.
ANSWER: Guy Fawkes [or Guido Fawkes; accept Guy Fawkes Night; prompt on Guy]
<Michael Bentley, History - European - 1500-1900> ~19804~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>