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Wealth of NationsThe Goose and the CommonsUtopiaMidlands rebellions - diggers and levellersanti-enclosure punishable by death
William Meredith Birmingham GazetteSheffield InclosuresNo more gleaningWarren James & miners pull down the enclosure fencesOf Civil GovernmentGrain prices started to riseBad grain harvest led to food riotsAnti-Corn Law LeagueJames Wilson founded magazine "The Economist" to speak out against Corn LawsFailure of Irish potato cropRepeal of all Corn LawsAssize of Bread (setting legal bread/grain prices)Seditious Meetings ActSugar Revolution beginsMolasses ActChina porcelainSugar boycott proposedAbolition of slave tradeSlavery abolishedPoor Relief ActDepriving peasantry of all landed propertyEnclosures hurt the poorPoor robbed of their commons. REBELLION!
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