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    The Riot Act (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 5), sometimes called the Riot Act 1714 or the Riot Act 1715, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised...
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    The Treason Act 1714 or Trial of Rebels Act 1715 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 33) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the...
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  • The Riot Act was an Act of Parliament passed in Great Britain in 1714. Riot Act may also refer to: "Riot Act" (song), a 1980 song by Elvis Costello and...
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    a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1714. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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  • Act of the Parliament of Great Britain The Riot Act (1714 or 1715) Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Riotous Assemblies (Scotland) Act...
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    The coronation riots of October 1714 were a series of riots in southern and western England in protest against the coronation of the first Hanoverian king...
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    Local magistrates, afraid of drawing the mob's anger, did not invoke the Riot Act. There was no repression until the government finally sent in the army...
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  • case.' Public Order Act 1986 s 1, with up to 10 years prison. The famous Riot Act 1714 is now repealed, and the Seditious Meetings Act 1817, which allowed...
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    Compensation following a riot was first provided for by Parliament in the Riot Act 1714 and although the scope of compensation was not defined; subsequent case...
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    in 1719. Riot Act 1714 Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1714 Schism Act 1714 Security of the Sovereign Act 1714 Attainder of Duke of Ormonde Act 1714 Building...
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    The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which implemented recommendations contained in the fourth...
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    The Riot Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c. 5) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for 12 people or more to assemble and attempt...
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  • Ireland Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 103) Excise (No. 2) Act 1815 (55 Geo. 3. c. 30) Payment of Creditors (Scotland) Act 1814 (54 Geo. 3. c. 137) Riot Act 1714 (1...
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  • Early Riot Act 1714 Clan Act 1715 Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1715 Disarming Act 1715 and 1725 Indemnity Act 1717 The Forty-Five Jurors Act 1745 Act of...
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    The Riot Act 1411 (13 Hen. 4. c. 7) was an act of the Parliament of England. The words from "and the same justices" to "made to the contrary" were repealed...
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    the 1714 coronation riots, which occurred on the day of George I's coronation, and the riots of 1715. In response, Parliament passed the Riot Act, which...
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    The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It authorised the payment of compensation, from the...
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    ground. The Sacheverell riots, and further disturbances in 1714 and 1715, led to the passing of the Riot Act. Gilmour, Ian, Riot, risings and revolution;...
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    case.' Public Order Act 1986 s 1, with up to 10 years prison. The famous Riot Act 1714 is now repealed, and the Seditious Meetings Act 1817, which allowed...
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    resulting in riots and close to 230 deaths over an eight week period. The list of Militia regiments as raised after the passing of the Militia Act (Ireland)...
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  • 1713 – Dublin election riot (Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland) 1714 – Coronation riots, England 1715 – 1715 England riots 1726 – Riot in Dresden for two days...
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    August 2018. Thomas, P. D. G. (2008) "Pratt, Charles, first Earl Camden (1714–1794) Archived 23 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine", Oxford Dictionary...
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    eighteenth century, Birmingham became notorious for its riots, which were sparked by a number of causes. In 1714 and 1715, the townspeople, as part of a "Church-and-King"...
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    country. These acted as a deterrent and to support local magistrates, who read the Riot Act seven times in 1766 to attempt to compel rioters to disperse...
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  • murdered on 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham, north London. The riot broke out after Cynthia Jarrett died of heart failure...
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    1924. His last years were uneventful, apart from a riot in 1757 caused by the passage of the Militia Act to raise an army for the Seven Years' War, in which...
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  • all trusts on his behalf were void. With the Security of the Sovereign Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 13) a new element was introduced, namely 'constructive...
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    Anne, Queen of Great Britain (category 1714 deaths)
    Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following...
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    coronation was accompanied by rioting in over twenty towns in England. George mainly lived in Great Britain after 1714, though he visited his home in...
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    periodisation, the longer timespan is roughly the final third of the Georgian era (1714–1837), encompassing the last 25 years or so of George III's reign, including...
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