Corn Laws
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Two hundred years earlier, people were going hungry in Middleton after the government introduced the Corn Laws, which imposed tariffs on imported grain, turning bread into the preserve of the rich.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019
The protesters, 60,000 to 80,000 strong according to contemporary estimates, marched under a broad banner of reform, demanding expanded suffrage, tax relief and repeal of the trade-inhibiting Corn Laws.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
The Corn Laws were simply tariffs, or taxes, that Parliament imposed on foreign grain.
From Time ● Jun. 30, 2017
"There was economic dislocation after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the introduction of the Corn Laws in 1815, which increased taxation on wheat," he said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2016
During the seven years immediately preceding the repeal, matter sufficient to fill a thousand quarto volumes was printed in Great Britain on the Corn Laws.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
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