Spa Fields riots
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The Spa Fields riots was a mass meeting that took place at Spa Fields in England on December 2, 1816 between revolutionary Spenceans against the British government. The Spenceans had planned to encourage rioting at this meeting and then seize control of the British government by taking the Tower of London and the Bank of England. Authorities learned of the plan and dispersed the meeting. Arthur Thistlewood and three other leaders were arrested and charged with high treason. When James Watson was acquitted, the authorities released Thistlewood and the others as well.
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