Question

• Corn laws and the role of technology in shaping the modern world

Answer 1

Corn laws were the laws which imposed restrictions and tariffs on the restricted grains and this was designed to favour domestic producers by keeping the high price in grain.  

The British imposed this laws to impose restrictions on the import of corn into Britain.

Corn laws were abolished later because prices of food  items went up. People, urban dwellers and industrialists forced the government to abolish these laws.