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
Sir Robert Peel was converted to free trade and the repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws, with not much immediate effect on “the condition of England” about which Thomas Carlyle and many others wrote.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018
The most important moment of the 19th century for the United States took place across the ocean: the Repeal of Britain’s Corn Laws.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2017
After six months of debate, the Corn Laws were repealed, but Peel's Tories were bitterly divided.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2016
Croker had been an ardent supporter of Peel, but finally broke with him when he began to advocate the repeal of the Corn Laws.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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