For 10 points, name this cause where the so called "papists" were freed from restrictions on the free exercise of their religion.
After the passage of one act that supported this cause, a former opponent of it said "civil strife was a greater danger" than passing it, and passage of that act saw the splintering off of the Ultra-Tories. One law that promoted this cause raised the franchise to 10 pounds, thereby disenfranchising the 40 shilling freeholders. American colonists criticized the 1774 Quebec Act for largely accomplishing this in British Canada.  County Clare's election of Daniel O'Connell to Parliament ensured the passage of the act which completed this process by forcing Wellington and Peel to choose between that act and war. A violent response to one law that promoted this led to the destruction of The Clink and Newgate Prison, and was named for Lord Gordon. For 10 points, name this cause where the so called "papists" were freed from restrictions on the free exercise of their religion.
After the passage of one act that supported this cause, a former opponent of it said "civil strife was a greater danger" than passing it, and passage of that act saw the splintering off of the Ultra-Tories.
Catholic Emancipation [or Catholic Relief] 