History A-Level
Laissez-faire versus protectionism
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The contrast between the controversial protectionism of the 1815 Corn Laws and government economic policies that gradually shifted towards free trade.
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- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Government and a changing society, 1812–1832 (AQA A-Level)
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