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    The Ursuline Convent riots occurred August 11 and 12, 1834, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston, in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts. During...
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    Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin Ursuline Convent Riots Ursulines of Quebec (includes Ursulines museum) Ursuline Sisters Daughters of Mary Immaculate...
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  • the 1834 Ursuline Convent riots, in which the facility was destroyed by rioting Protestants, and may have played a role in inspiring those riots. Reed was...
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    a Convent, which influenced the first of many anti-Catholic waves.[clarification needed] Reed’s book vividly describes her experience in an Ursuline convent...
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    "Lombard Street Riots", philaplace.org; accessed August 15, 2012. Contosta, Nicole. University City Review, "The Lombard Street Riot: an often-ignored...
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    John Hancock (redirect from Liberty Riot)
    for many years but which was wildly unpopular in the colonies, producing riots and organized resistance. Hancock initially took a moderate position: as...
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    Boston Massacre (redirect from Boston Riots)
    because the captain of Romney had been impressing local sailors; they began to riot, and customs officials fled to Castle William for protection. Daniel Calfe...
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  • of riots that targeted specific religious, national, or racial groups, such as an 1831 race riot in Providence, Rhode Island, and the 1834 Ursuline Convent...
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    Philadelphia nativist riots took place on May 6—8 and July 6—7, 1844, in Philadelphia, and the adjacent suburbs of Kensington and Southwark. The riots were a result...
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    Philadelphia nativist riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native American Riots) were a series of riots that took place...
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