Directory > Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Society and Culture > History > Taxation > Corn Laws Repeal of the British Corn Laws An article from the 1851 edition of the United States Democratic Review. http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&roo.... Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The People's Bread: A History of the Anti-Corn Law League A book review from History Today. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1373/2_52/82803465/print.jhtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rethinking the Politics of Protection: Conservatism and the Corn Laws, 1830-52 Article from the English Historical Review by Anna Gambles. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0293/n453_v113/21226619/print.jhtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The John Hampden Society A society devoted to the study of seventeenth century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who became famous through resisting the Charles I's illegal Ship Money tax. http://www.johnhampden.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Wikipedia : Corn Laws Hyperlinked article from the Open Source Encyclopedia. http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Laws Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the succesful motion to abolish the Corn Laws. Peel was seen as a traitor by many of his Conservative colleagues because of his volte-face on maintaining the laws. http://www.bartleby.com/268/4/17.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Richard Cobden - Free Trade With All Nations A speech given by a prominent opponent of the Corn Laws. http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/cobdenonfreetrade.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws A text written in 1814 by the economist and clergyman Thomas Malthus advocating a retention of the war time prosperity for farmers by a large tax on foreign corn. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/corframe.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Extracts from Peel's Speech on Repeal of the Corn Laws, 15 May 1846 In the early 1830s Peel had been well-known for his opposition to the repeal of the Corn Laws and in 1841 had promised not to repeal the legislation. During the course of his second ministry (1841-6) he changed his mind and by December 1845 was considering repealing the Corn Laws. In the speech from which these extracts are take, Peel justified his change of mind. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/polspeech/c-laws3.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Essay on Profits An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment. http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ricardo/profits.txt Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Corn Laws An entry from Victorian Web on the Corn Laws, a significant import duty on wheat and other essential foodstuffs aiming to stabilise the price. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/cornlaws/c-laws.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Anti Corn Law League A time line and some pass notes on this influential middle class pressure group formed to promote free trade, and a template for further radical advances throughout the nineteenth century. http://britishhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa022001a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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