changing nature and extent of trade

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when was the seven years war
1756-63
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what was government debt 1763
157% of GDP
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what did this rise to in 1821
260%
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what sailed from liverpool in 1798 and who owned it?
the lottery owned by Leyland
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how many slaves did the lottery sell and for how much?
sold 453 slaves for £22,726
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in 1766 how many members of parliament were claimed to be in the slave trade by the gentlemans magazine?
upwards of 40 members
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name 3 people or institutions involed
william beckford twice lord mayor of london, richard neeve governor of bank of england and the church of england
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when and who did the quakers join force with
1787 joined with wilberforce
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when did wilberforce lainch his parliamentary campaign?
1789
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why was wilberforces timing bad?
france became republic 1792 and haiti went into rebellion so france emancipated all the slaves
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why did abolition become pro-british position?
napolean had seized power and tried to restore slavery on haiti
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when was the foreign slave trade bill introduced?
1806
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what was passed in 1807
slave trade act
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how many ships would lose profit in 18th cent?
1 out of 10
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how much money did merchants lose in liverpool 1778?
£700,000
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what book did adam smith publish in 1776
an iquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
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what were imports and exports in ireland 1790?
imports £3.8million and exports £4.9million
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when did govt remove trade restrictions on ireland?
1779
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when were the whigs elected?
1830
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when was the anti-corn law league founded
1838
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who founded the conservative party and when?
Peel in 1834
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how many import tariffs were abloished 1842-46?
1,200
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what is salutary neglect?
didnt enforce navigation acts too strictly
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which two major protectionist laws remained under peel?
sugar duties and the corn laws
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what year were these duties finally abolished?
1846 via the importation act
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how many died or immigrated in ireland 1845-52?
1 million died and 1 million emigrated
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