Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
English law
|
| gptkbp:affects |
gptkb:industrialist
working class |
| gptkbp:category |
agricultural policy
economic history of the United Kingdom 19th-century British law |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1815
|
| gptkbp:effect |
raised food prices in Britain
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Corn Laws
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Anti-Corn_Law_League
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to protect British agriculture by imposing tariffs on imported grain
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
free trade
protectionism |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Importation_Act_1846
1846 |
| gptkbp:repealPromotedBy |
gptkb:Richard_Cobden
gptkb:John_Bright Prime Minister Robert Peel |
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
landowners
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Irish_Potato_Famine
gptkb:Repeal_of_Corn_Laws |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|