John Wilkes affair

Target entity: John Wilkes affair
Context triple: [Issue No. 45 of The North Briton, associatedWith, John Wilkes affair]

• A. Thornton Affair
  The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
• B. Morgan affair
  The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
• C. Caroline affair
  The Caroline affair was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and the British Empire in 1837–1838, sparked by the British destruction of the American steamboat Caroline while it was aiding Canadian rebels.
• D. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• E. Bascom Affair
  The Bascom Affair was an 1861 confrontation between the U.S. Army and the Chiricahua Apache that sparked a cycle of violence and is often seen as the event that ignited the Apache Wars.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: John Wilkes affair
Target entity description: The John Wilkes affair was an 18th-century British political scandal centered on radical MP John Wilkes’s attacks on King George III and the government, which sparked major debates over liberty, parliamentary privilege, and freedom of the press.

• A. Thornton Affair
  The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
• B. Morgan affair
  The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
• C. Caroline affair
  The Caroline affair was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and the British Empire in 1837–1838, sparked by the British destruction of the American steamboat Caroline while it was aiding Canadian rebels.
• D. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• E. Bascom Affair
  The Bascom Affair was an 1861 confrontation between the U.S. Army and the Chiricahua Apache that sparked a cycle of violence and is often seen as the event that ignited the Apache Wars.
• F. None of above. chosen