Round 9: Tossup 5

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

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