Boycott of Captain Charles Boycott

Target entity: Boycott of Captain Charles Boycott
Context triple: [Land War, significantEvent, Boycott of Captain Charles Boycott]

• A. Matchgirls strike of 1888
  The Matchgirls strike of 1888 was a landmark industrial action by female workers at the Bryant & May match factory in London, widely regarded as a pivotal moment in the British labor and social reform movements.
• B. Luddite disturbances
  The Luddite disturbances were early 19th-century machine-breaking riots in England, led by textile workers protesting industrialization and job losses.
• C. Wapping dispute
  The Wapping dispute was a major mid-1980s industrial conflict in the UK between Rupert Murdoch’s News International and print unions over the move to new technology and production facilities in London’s Docklands.
• D. Blanketeers march
  The Blanketeers march was a 1817 protest by Lancashire textile workers who attempted to march from Manchester to London to petition for relief from economic hardship and political repression, and was quickly suppressed by the authorities.
• E. British policy of reprisals in Ireland
  The British policy of reprisals in Ireland was a controversial strategy during the Irish War of Independence in which British forces carried out punitive attacks, including arson, looting, and killings, against Irish civilians and property in response to IRA actions.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Boycott of Captain Charles Boycott
Target entity description: The Boycott of Captain Charles Boycott was a landmark 1880 Irish agrarian protest in County Mayo whose organized social and economic ostracism of an English land agent gave the English language the term “boycott.”

• A. Matchgirls strike of 1888
  The Matchgirls strike of 1888 was a landmark industrial action by female workers at the Bryant & May match factory in London, widely regarded as a pivotal moment in the British labor and social reform movements.
• B. Luddite disturbances
  The Luddite disturbances were early 19th-century machine-breaking riots in England, led by textile workers protesting industrialization and job losses.
• C. Wapping dispute
  The Wapping dispute was a major mid-1980s industrial conflict in the UK between Rupert Murdoch’s News International and print unions over the move to new technology and production facilities in London’s Docklands.
• D. Blanketeers march
  The Blanketeers march was a 1817 protest by Lancashire textile workers who attempted to march from Manchester to London to petition for relief from economic hardship and political repression, and was quickly suppressed by the authorities.
• E. British policy of reprisals in Ireland
  The British policy of reprisals in Ireland was a controversial strategy during the Irish War of Independence in which British forces carried out punitive attacks, including arson, looting, and killings, against Irish civilians and property in response to IRA actions.
• F. None of above. chosen