Packet 9: Tossup 5

Police in this city arrested almost 300 men in Operation Soap which (15[1])used (15[1])“bawdy-house” laws to raid four gay bathhouses. (15[1])Almost all of this non-Irish city’s mayors from 1850 to 1950 (15[1])belonged to its Orange (15[1])Order “Ascendancy.” (15[3])A Reformer rebel militia inspired by this city’s first mayor was crushed in the Battle (-5[1])of Montgomery’s (15[1])Tavern. (15[1])This city’s (15[1])first bishop John Strachan popularized the (15[1])myth that local militias did more than (*) redcoat regulars (10[1])to stop an invasion. (10[1])This city was the base of an Anglican anti-democratic oligarchy which suppressed the western rebellions of (10[1])1837, the Family Compact. (10[4])Henry (10[1])Dearborn’s 1813 occupation (-5[1])of (-5[1])this city was used (10[1])to retroactively (-5[1])justify the burning of Washington DC. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])what city was known as York (10[3])during the (10[1])War of (10[1])1812 and was the capital of Upper Canada? ■END■ (10[3]0[5])

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