Question

give 5 reasons why corn laws were abolished ?

Answer 1

(i) The laws allowing the British Government to restrict import of corn isknown as "Corn Law".
(ii) These laws were abolished because the industrialists and urban dwellers wereunhappy with high food prices; as a result of which they forced the abolition of theCorn Laws

Answer 2

(i) The laws allowing the British Government to restrict

import of corn is known as "Corn Law".

(ii) These laws were abolished because the industrialists

and urban dwellers were unhappy with high food prices; as a result of which

they forced the abolition of the Corn Laws.

Result : Food could be imported into Britain at a more

cheaper rate.

 OR

(i) Imperialism became the ill- begotten child of

industrialization in the following manner.

(ii) Industrialization chiefly needed two things. One of

them being the constant supply of raw- materials and the other is that the

finished goods be sold at the same speed.

(iii) The industrialized countries had introduced heavy

import duties as protective tariffs to check the import from other countries.

(iv) Faced with the problem of finding new markets for their

products, the producer nations chose such countries where industrialization had

not yet reached.

(v) Hence a race for bringing those areas under their

effective occupation or effective influence started among the various

industrialized nation.

(vi) As a consequence, Britain, France, Germany and Japan,

etc. set up their colonies in Asia, Africa and South America etc.

(vii) Hence a race for bringing those areas under their

effective occupation or effective influence started among the various

industrialized nations.

 

OR

(i) Between the two World Wars the responsibility for

housing the working classes was accepted by the British state.

(ii) A million of single family cottages were built by Local

authorities.

iii) The city had extended beyond the range where people

could walk to work.

(iv) New forms of mass transports were introduced.