British reversal of Buddhist protection policy triggered Sinhalese nationalist mobilization.

Evidence

The British consequently became the only colonial power to control the entire island. When the British signed the Kandyan Convention, they wisely agreed to support and protect Buddhism, as had previous local rulers. They continued this policy until the late 1840s, when British evangelicals pressured the colonial government to reverse policy (Malalgoda 1976). — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 102

Categorization

• QUESTION: A policy shift by an external power — not ancient feud — was the trigger for ethnic mobilization, relevant to the reader’s causal question about threat construction.
• XREF: connects to: Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is reactive, not primordial — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 105; Ultra-nationalist Sinhalese parties drew negligible support until monks ran for parliament; Sinhalese political Buddhism emerged as a protest against Christian and Western dominance. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 94

Broader Connections

• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is reactive, not primordial #corroborates (0.75) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 105
• Ultra-nationalist Sinhalese parties drew negligible support until monks ran for parliament #complicates (0.75)