HIST 2376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Corn Laws, Mercantilism, Common Purpose
28 Sep 2018
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Lecture notes 9/26/2018 labour in return for food and lodging. The path to free trade: closely connected with the rise of liberalism in the united kingdom. Liberal party: remaining conservatives remained conservative, home rule shift (giving ireland back self-government, split the liberals in the. 1880s: liberals opposed to giving ireland self-government joined with the conservatives, conservatives were on board with free trade by this time and issues. In the early 20th century, britain was still importing the majority of its wheat: this caused vulnerability in the world wars when germans sunk ships going to britain. The informal empire: concept that historians came up with in the 1950s to challenge the dominant understanding of the empire. In 1825, as spanish america is gaining independence, a british guy said spanish america is free, and if we do not mismanage our affairs, she is.
