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11 Cards in this Set
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Why wouldn't Lady Constance Lytton eat? |
Woman's suffrage protest- she would not eat until the government granted the vote to women |
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What is free trade? |
Trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, other restrictions |
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Why were foreign imports taxed? |
Protect local economies |
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What did laissez-faire economics say would happen if tariffs were abolished? |
Merchants would have larger markets consumers would benefit from open competition |
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What were the "Corn Laws"? |
Laws which imposed high tariffs on imported grain |
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How did the Enlightened thinkers feel about slavery? |
Against it |
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What happened in 1807? |
Britian became the first leading European power to abolish the slave trade |
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Even though slavery was abolished by Britian in 1833, what did they still do? |
British textile manufacturers still imported cheap cotton produced by enslaved African Americans in the US |
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What were some examples of capital offenses in the early 1800's |
Murder shoplifting sheep stealing impersonating an army veteran |
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What were executions considered? |
Public occassions |
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What crimes was the death penalty reserved for by 1850? |
Murder piracy treason arson |
