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Bookmark or Share- The Anti-Corn Law League – Journal of Liberal HistoryFormed in 1839, the Anti-Corn Law League became the leading proponent in the campaign to repeal the Corn Laws and was later recognised as an inaugural model for the modern day pressure group.
- Anti-Corn Law League | Reform Movement, Free Trade ...Anti-Corn Law League, British organization founded in 1839, devoted to fighting England’s Corn Laws, regulations governing the import and export of grain. It was led by Richard Cobden, who saw the laws as both morally wrong and economically damaging.
- Anti–Corn Law League - WikipediaThe Anti–Corn Law League was a successful political movement in Great Britain aimed at the abolition of the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners’ interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread at a time when factory-owners were trying to cut wages.
- Anti-Corn Law League - AQA GCSE History Revision NotesWhy were Corn Laws unpopular? Various factors combined to result in the repeal of the Corn Laws. A good revision exercise is to try and identify what role, if any, the following factors played in their eventual repeal: War: Religion: Chance: Communication: Individuals: The economy: Ideas: Sign up now. It’s free!
- Cobden and the Anti-Corn Law League | Online Library of LibertyA group of northern manufacturers and businessmen formed a lobby group, the Anti-Corn Law League, in 1838 to agitate for the repeal of the corn laws, which they succeeded in doing in June 26, 1846.
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