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222 matches to Free Trade
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Beaverbrook, Lord. (Maxwell Aitken). 1879-1964. Canadian/British newspaper magnate, politician. Advocated free trade within Commonwealth.
Bennett, Richard B. 1870-1947. Canadian Conservative Prime Minister 1930-5. Advocated Empire Free Trade. Imperial Conference 1932.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
Cobden, Treaty. 1860. Free trade between Britain and France.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
EFTA. European Free Trade Association. 1960. Free trade with EEC: Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Switzerland. Until joining EEC: Denmark, Portugal, UK.
Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.
ICFTU. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. 1949. Split from WFTU. Represents 70M workers in 89 countries. IFTU.
Liberal Party. 1832. British Social reform, free trade, Irish Home Rule. 1867 Canada. 1944 Australia.
Maastricht, Treaty. 1993. Established European Union. Common citizenship, currency and free trade.
NAFTA. North American Free Trade Agreement. 1992. Eliminated most tarrifs in North America.
Peelites. 19C Free Trade Conservatives under Peel, Aberdeen.
Walpole, Robert. 1676-1745. English Whig. First Prime Minister 1721-42. Free trade and peace.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.
Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.
Arminianism. 17C-. Christian movement. Free-will is compatible with God’s sovereignty.
Arms, Assize of. 1181. Forced Brit. free men to acquire arms.
Barabbas. Thief freed by crowd instead of Jesus.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom.
Black and Tans. 1920-22. Brutal British police sent to suppress Irish unrest. Irish Free State.