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Corn Law

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Corn Law
n.
One of a series of British laws in force before 1846 regulating the grain trade and restricting imports of grain.
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For this he was commemorated in stone in St George's Square, the pedestal on which he stood engraved with one of his speeches on Corn Law Reform.
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She begins with the opening of the Great Western Railway in 1838, which sped up mail delivery, and describes how this new way of communication affected human relationships, the economy, industry, and social relations in Britain, as well as how it sparked other revolutionary events, such as the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846.
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He supported the American colonists in seeking independence from the Crown and emphasized the importance of trade when the Tories still supported the antitrade Corn Laws.
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