Question

Explain how the abolition of corn laws in britain led to the emergency of a global agriculture economy

Answer 1

(i) With the scrapping of the Corn Laws, Britain began to import foodgrains from rest of the world. These products were relatively cheaper than the prices of the British produced goods and foodgrains.
(ii) Britain was forced to import foodgrains from Eastern Europe, America, and Australia.
(iii) There were complex changes in labor movement patterns, capital flow, ecology, and technology.
(iv) Crops were not grown by a peasant tilling his own land, but by an agricultural worker.
(v) Food came from thousands of miles away.
(vi) Now food and other essential commodities were transported by railways and by ships manned by low paid workers from southern Europe, Asia, Africa
and the Caribbean.

Answer 2

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1. With corn law scrapping Britain started importing food grains from the rest of the world. These items were comparatively cheaper than the goods and food grains produced in the British.

2. Britain was forced to import Eastern Europe, America and Australia for wheat.

3. The patterns of labor movement, capital flow, ecology and technology have changed in complex ways.

4. The crops were grown not by a peasant tilling his own land but by the farm workers.

5. Food had been arriving from thousands of miles away.

6. There food and other vital goods have been shipped from South America , Africa and the Caribbean by trains and ships staffed by low-paid staff.