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92 matches to Trade Unions
Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.
French East India Company. 1664-1770. To protect French trade interests in India.
Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.
GATT. General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs. 1948-95. Regulates trade tarrifs under UN. WTO.
Great Intercourse. 1495. Henry VIII, Philip of Burgundy trade treaty.
Grenville, William. 1759-1834. British statesman. Ministry of All Talents 1806-7. Abolished Slave Trade, 1807.
Hadley, George. 1685-1768. English climatologist: explained trade winds.
Hanseatic League. 1241-1669. Confederation of N German towns. Dominated N European trade 13-15C.
Harris Treaty. 1858. Japan-US trade opened.
Hawkins, John. 1532-95. First English slave trader, 1562.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
Hull, Cordell. 1871-1955. US Secretary of State. UN founder. Trade agreements.
Jenkins’ Ear, War. 1739-43. England vs Spain over restrictions of trade with Spanish colonies...War of Austrian Succession. Spanish cut ear, 1731.
Kanagawa, Treaty. 1854. US-Japan trade agreement. Ended Japan’s isolationism 1639-. Perry.
Laissez-Faire. Motto of 19C liberals calling for free markets and trade. Smith. “Laissez-faire, laissez-passer, laissez-aller”-Legendre 1680.
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.
Manchester School. 19C British free-trade movement. Cobden.
Manuel I. 1469-1521. Portuguese king 1495-. Overseas expansion and trade.
Mercantilism. 16-18C. Economic policy opposed to Adam Smith’s. Regulation of industry and trade. Large armies. Wealth of nation is its gold.
Merchants of the Steelyards. -1598. German traders in London.
Merritt, William. 1793-1862. Upper Canada trade promoter. Welland Canal 1824-9.
Muromachi Period. 1338-1573. Japanese Ashikaga shoguns. Prosperity, foreign trade, Zen Buddhism.
Muscovy Company. 1555-1698. English company with monopoly on Russian trade. First joint-stock.
Nabataeans. -105. Arab people who taxed Syria/Arabia trade route.