Question

write a short note on corn laws​

Answer 1

The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and grain("corn") enforced in Great Britain between 1815 and 1846. They were designed to keep grain prices high to favour domestic producers, and represented British mercantilism.

Answer 2

Corn laws

• Corn laws were actions enforced in Britain in the first half of the 18th century.

• These laws imposed restrictions and tarriffs on imported grains

• The corn law became politically important in the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth century when the grain shortage caused due to growing population of the Britain and by the restriction imposed in the Napoleonic wars.

• The corn laws were designed to keep grain prices high for the benefit of domestic producers.