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	Corn Laws -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		They were eventually abolished in the face of militant agitation by the Anti-Corn Law League, formed in (A city in northwestern England (30 miles east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England) Manchester in 1839, which maintained that the laws, which amounted to a subsidy, increased industrial costs.
		The Corn Laws, in force between 1815 and 1846, were (additional info and facts about import tariff) import tariffs ostensibly designed to "protect" (The people of Great Britain) British (A person who operates a farm) farmers and landowners, against competition from cheap foreign grain imports.
		The Corn Laws, in reality, represented the power of the British aristocracy, who were the landowners and therefore the crop producers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/corn_laws.htm (853 words)

	BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g) - Online Information article about BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
		repeal of the Corn Laws, and at a meeting in Manchester on 2nd July 1846 Cobden moved and Bright seconded a motion dissolving the league.
		In the Anti-Corn Law movement the two speakers were the complements and- correlatives of each other.
		rain that rained away the Corn Laws," and on his arrival got his friends together, and raised the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BOS_BRI/BRIGHT_JOHN_1811_188g_.html (4261 words)

	Anti-Corn-Law League on Encyclopedia.com
		The People's Bread: A History of the Anti-Corn Law League.
		The league won over Sir Robert Peel to its views, and the corn laws were repealed in 1846.
		organization formed in 1839 to work for the repeal of the English corn laws.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AntiC1orn.asp (344 words)

	Corn Laws category on HistoryFizz UK
		Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the succesful motion to abolish the Corn Laws.
		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.
		For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel
	dir.historyfizz.co.uk /Taxation/Corn_Laws (343 words)

	Timeline 1811-1820
		He wrote the Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property (1868), which at once became the standard in the field.
		1814 Dec 13, General Andrew Jackson announced martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembarked at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city.
		Austria retaliated with tariffs on wool and cotton.
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	Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden September 18 in History
		Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden September 18 in History
		The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1838/september_18_1838_50801.html (40 words)

	AllRefer.com - Anti-Corn-Law League (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia
		Anti-Corn-Law League, organization formed in 1839 to work for the repeal of the English corn laws.
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	AllRefer.com - Anti-Corn-Law League (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia
		Anti-Corn-Law League, organization formed in 1839 to work for the repeal of the English corn laws.
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	Chartism, the Anti-Corn Law League & the Reform Movement in Manchester
		Free Trade, Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League
		Chartism, the Anti-Corn Law League & the Reform Movement in Manchester
		Peel, under severe pressure from the League and its growing band of ever more powerful supporters, repealed the Corn Laws in 1846, thereby splitting the Tory party, and effectively ending his own political career in the process.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /history/victorian/Victorian2.html (40 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.1, Entry 309, CORN LAWS.: Library of Economics and Liberty
		An association, denominated the anti-corn law league, originally founded in Lancashire, but which subsequently extended its ramifications to most parts of the country, was set on foot for the express purpose of keeping up an incessant agitation against the corn laws, which, in consequence of these concurring circumstances, were assailed with greater bitterness than ever.
		But supposing the total quantity of corn annually produced in Great Britain and Ireland to amount to 50,000,000 quarters, every shilling added to its price by the corn laws was equivalent to a tax on corn of £2,500,000; and estimating the average rise on all sorts of grain previously to 1846 at 3s.
		From the circumstance of corn forming, in England and most other countries, the principal part of the food of the people, the trade in it, and the laws by which the trade is regulated, are justly looked upon as of the highest importance.
	www.econlib.org /LIBRARY/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy309.html (9586 words)

	BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g) - Online Information article about BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
		repeal of the Corn Laws, and at a meeting in Manchester on 2nd July 1846 Cobden moved and Bright seconded a motion dissolving the league.
		In the Anti-Corn Law movement the two speakers were the complements and- correlatives of each other.
		His first speech on the Corn Laws was made at Rochdale in 1838, and in the same year he joined the Manchester provisional See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BOS_BRI/BRIGHT_JOHN_1811_188g_.html (4261 words)

	corn laws on Encyclopedia.com
		Following a campaign by the Anti-Corn-Law League, the corn laws were repealed by the Conservative government of Sir Robert Peel in 1846, despite the opposition of many of his own party, led by Lord George Bentinck and Benjamin Disraeli.
		CORN LAWS [corn laws] regulations restricting the export and import of grain, particularly in England.
		Richard A. Bieder of Bedford, a partner in the law firm Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, Bridgeport, Corn., was honored with awards from three lawyers' associations.(Credits, Clients and Awards)(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/cornlaws.asp (545 words)

	Corn Laws
		In 1838 the Anti-Corn Law League was formed to campaign for the repeal of the laws.
		For centuries the Corn Laws formed an integral part of the mercantile system in England&; they were repealed because they became an unwarranted tax on food and a hindrance to British exports.
		The Corn Laws aroused strong opposition and became a hotly contested political issue, as they were regarded by radicals as benefiting wealthy landowners at the expense of the ordinary consumer.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0013640.html (540 words)

	Great Britain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The efforts of the Anti-Corn-Law League, organized by Richard Cobden and John Bright, succeeded in 1846 when Robert Peel was converted to the cause of free trade, and the corn laws were repealed.
		The League of Nations, in which Britain was a leader, declined rapidly by failing to take decisive action, and British prestige fell further because of a policy of nonintervention in the Spanish civil war.
		Domestically the long ministry of Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42), during the reigns of George I and George II, was a period of relative stability that saw the beginnings of the development of the cabinet as the chief executive organ of government.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gr/GreatBri.html (7942 words)

	LEAGUE - LoveToKnow Article on LEAGUE
		The word has been adopted by political associations, such as the Anti-Corn Law League, the Irish Land League, the Primrose League and the United Irish League, and by numerous social organizations.
		The League, in French history, is that of the Catholicsheaded by the Guises to preserve the Catholic religion against the Huguenots and prevent the accession of Henry of Navarre to the throne (see FRANCE: History).
		In this system clubs league together in a competition, each playing every other member of the association twice, and the order of merit is decided by the points gained during the season, a win counting two and a draw one.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LEAGUE.htm (382 words)

	LEAGUE - LoveToKnow Article on LEAGUE
		The word has been adopted by political associations, such as the Anti-Corn Law League, the Irish Land League, the Primrose League and the United Irish League, and by numerous social organizations.
		The League, in French history, is that of the Catholicsheaded by the Guises to preserve the Catholic religion against the Huguenots and prevent the accession of Henry of Navarre to the throne (see FRANCE: History).
		In this system clubs league together in a competition, each playing every other member of the association twice, and the order of merit is decided by the points gained during the season, a win counting two and a draw one.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LEAGUE.htm (382 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Corn Laws
		Anti-Corn Law League, British pressure group of the early 19th century that campaigned against import duties on grain.
		Richard Cobden was one of the most prominent campaigners against the Corn Laws in the mid-19th century.
		Corn Laws, regulations applied in Great Britain to the import and export of grain (mainly wheat).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Corn_Laws.html (119 words)

	LEAGUE - LoveToKnow Article on LEAGUE
		The word has been adopted by political associations, such as the Anti-Corn Law League, the Irish Land League, the Primrose League and the United Irish League, and by numerous social organizations.
		The League, in French history, is that of the Catholicsheaded by the Guises to preserve the Catholic religion against the Huguenots and prevent the accession of Henry of Navarre to the throne (see FRANCE: History).
		In this system clubs league together in a competition, each playing every other member of the association twice, and the order of merit is decided by the points gained during the season, a win counting two and a draw one.
	www.1911ency.org /L/LE/LEAGUE.htm (382 words)

	Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy » The Forth Pilotage Authority (Part 2)
		Free Trade, Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League
		TRAPRAIN LAW, ex Forth Pilotage Cutter No. 2, built by Miller, St Monans, 1924, sold out of service 1969 as a yacht.
		Many of these vessels have been sold out of service, it is understood Pilot Cutter No. 1 is still being used as a private Yacht, as with the Largo Law, Traprain Law and the Berwick Law.
	www.lineages.co.uk /2004/08/17/the-forth-pilotage-authority-part-2 (382 words)

	The British History Club: Timeline of British History
		1838 - The Anti-Corn Law League is established.
		The Bill of Rights ; establishes a constitutional monarchy in Britain; bars Roman Catholics from the throne; William III and Mary II become joint monarchs of England and Scotland (to 1694), Toleration Act grants freedom of worship to dissenters in England; Grand Alliance of the League of Augsburg, England, and the Netherlands.
		1697 - Peace of Ryswick between the allied powers of the League of Augsburg and France ends the French War.
	www.britishhistoryclub.com /demo/britime.html (382 words)

	Knowledge Problem: RICHARD COBDEN
		Cobden injected life and organization in the the League in 1839, and six years later the Anti-Corn-Law League suceeded in pushing for the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1844, a struggle that returned some small measure of free trade to Britain.
		Cobden and his Quaker friend John Bright founded the Anti-Corn-Law League, which fought the protectionist legislation put into place to restrict wheat imports after Napoleon's Channel blockade was lifted in 1815.
		Cobden and his Quaker friend John Bright founded the Anti-Corn-Law...
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		Anti-Corn-Law League Anti-Corn-Law League, organization formed in 1839 to work for the repeal of the English corn laws.
		corns and calluses corns and calluses, thickenings of the outer layer of skin where there is irritation or constant pressure.
		Corns are cone-shaped with their points protruding into the dermis, or inner layer of skin.
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	Sir Robert Peel
		Anti-Corn-Law League - Anti-Corn-Law League, organization formed in 1839 to work for the repeal of the English corn laws.
		Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl - Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl, 1805–75, English historian.
		Canning, Charles John Canning, Earl - Canning, Charles John Canning, Earl, 1812–62, British statesman; third son of George Canning.
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	Encyclopedia: Radicals (UK)
		The Radical movement arose in the early 19th century to support parliamentary reform, Catholic emancipation, and free trade, and were instrumental in the founding of the Anti-Corn Law League in 1839.
		John Bright John Bright (November 16, 1811 - March 27, 1889), was a British politician, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League.
		The radical movement was a distinctly middle class one; its radicalism consisted in its opposition to the political dominance and economic interests of the traditional British elites, rather than to any affinity to socialism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Radicals-(UK) (1091 words)

	Cafe Hayek: Richard Cobden's Bicentennial
		Today is the bicentennial of the birth of Richard Cobden, founder of The Economist, a founder of the Anti-Corn Law League, and partner in this League with John Bright in successfully campaigning for Britain’s great move toward free trade in 1846.
		Cobden and his Quaker friend John Bright founded the Anti-Corn-Law...
		See Nye.) Cobden was one of history’s greatest advocates of free trade – hence, he was one of history’s greatest advocates of civilization.
	cafehayek.typepad.com /hayek/2004/06/richard_cobdens.html (392 words)

	John Edward Taylor, Hugh Birley, Archibald Prentice and other Manchester Politicians and Social Reformers
		By 1835 he had joined Joseph Hume and Francis Place in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law Association, (later the Anti-Corn Law League); the well known figures of John Bright and Richard Cobden also joined the League.
		Thomas and Richard would both go on to distinguish themselves in local politics, while William seems to have been content to continue managing the family factory.
		After John died, Thomas and Richard continued with his political reform work and after the 1832 Reform Act Richard became Member of Parliament for Wigan.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /celebs/politicians8.html (1446 words)

	Chartism, the Anti-Corn Law League & the Reform Movement in Manchester
		Chartism, the Anti-Corn Law League& the Reform Movement in Manchester
		Free Trade, Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League
		Due to fierce competition from cheap imported foreign corn in the early 19th century, wealthy and influential gentlemen farmers had lobbied the ruling parliamentary party, the Tories, to prohibit their import by the imposition of Corn Laws in 1815.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /history/victorian/Victorian2.html (1227 words)

	The Gregs of Styal
		Between 1839 and 1841 Greg served as the Anti-Corn Law League Member of Parliament for Manchester.
		The Corn Laws, William Greg declared in 1842, conspired “To keep up the first necessary of life at a famine price.” In 1846 the League triumphed and the Corn Laws were abolished, effectively ushering in the era of Victorian free trade.
		Greg claimed, however, that his interest in the issue pre-dated that of Cobden, writing in 1843: “The fact is that no one in Lancashire some years ago thought anything about the Corn Laws except J. Smith and myself.
	www.fee.org /vnews.php?nid=2630 (1227 words)

	Isabella Varley Banks - bio
		Varley Banks was not only a successful writer, but she was a political revolutionary as well: she was "a member of the Ladies Committee of the Anti-Corn Law League, which campaigned for the cause of Free Trade, the foundation upon which Manchester's wealth was built” (http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/mp/lbanks.html).
		The league won and the Corn Laws were repealed in 1846.
		Her work in the vein of "industrial fiction" puts her in the same league as Elizabeth Gaskell, also a resident of Manchester.
	athena.english.vt.edu /~jmooney/3044biosa-g/banks.html (278 words)

	The Gregs of Styal
		Between 1839 and 1841 Greg served as the Anti-Corn Law League Member of Parliament for Manchester.
		The Corn Laws, William Greg declared in 1842, conspired “To keep up the first necessary of life at a famine price.” In 1846 the League triumphed and the Corn Laws were abolished, effectively ushering in the era of Victorian free trade.
		The political issue that most concerned the Gregs was, however, the promotion of free trade and opposition to the Coin Laws.
	www.fee.org /vnews.php?nid=2630 (278 words)

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