The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and corn enforced in the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1846. The word corn in... 45 KB (5,524 words) - 16:33, 18 March 2024 |
Maize (redirect from Maize corn) Maize /meɪz/ (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American and Australian English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated... 85 KB (8,958 words) - 22:37, 26 April 2024 |
Robert Peel (section Corn Laws) Irish Famine, his decision to join with Whigs and Radicals to repeal the Corn Laws led to his resignation as prime minister in 1846. Peel remained an influential... 80 KB (8,066 words) - 09:13, 27 April 2024 |
the Poor Laws for leading to inflation rather than improving the well-being of the poor. He supported taxes on grain imports (the Corn Laws). His views... 57 KB (6,752 words) - 00:26, 23 April 2024 |
Richard Cobden (section Corn Laws) In 1838, he and John Bright founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners' interests by levying... 61 KB (8,111 words) - 17:54, 19 February 2024 |
Minister Robert Peel split the party over his proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, which involved ending the tariff on imported grain. Disraeli clashed... 169 KB (20,984 words) - 20:23, 25 March 2024 |
Manchester Liberalism (section Anti-Corn Law League) to all. Its most famous activity was the Anti-Corn Law League that called for repeal of the Corn Laws that kept food prices high. It expounded the social... 6 KB (739 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023 |
John Bright (section Cobden and the Corn Laws) for battling the Corn Laws. In partnership with Richard Cobden, he founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the Corn Laws, which raised food... 59 KB (7,560 words) - 15:55, 5 February 2024 |