Trade

In 1763, after the Seven Years' War, despite being victorious, British government debt was what percent of its gross domestic profit?

The British government policy was protectionist, what does this mean?

The British government policy was also mercantilist, what does this mean?

What did the government's protectionist and mercantilist policies do to the colonies?

The British government then adopted a policy of free trade, what did this mean?

In the 19th century, why did British trade dominate?

How was Britain's trading dominance challenged by other European powers?

What was the route/plan of British slavers vessels?

By the mid 18th century, Britain dominated this trade route, which is referred to as what?

Why was the domination of triangular trade beneficial to the Empire?

Who owned the Lottery, what year did it set sail, and where from?

What are the details of the profit made on the Lottery?

By the 1790s, how many slave ships annually sailed from Liverpool on the triangular trade route?

In 1766, what did 'The Gentleman's Magazine' claim?

In 1787, why was there a major breakthrough for the abolitionist movement?

The campaign was an effective grass-roots campaign, what does this mean?

What year did Wilberforce and William Pitt the Younger launch the parliament campaign?

What events overseas meant the Wilberforce's timing to launch the campaign couldn't have been worse?

When Napoleon seize power, with reference to slavery in Saint Domingue, how did this influence the abolitionist movement?

What year was the Foreign Slave Trade bill, and what did this do?

What year was the Slave Trade Act, and what did this do?

In the 1780s, what percentage of Bristol's population's income came from the slave trade?

The threat of disease from tropical voyages, losses to foreign privateers and the impact of slave rebellions created what?

What are 2 example of this financial uncertainty and loss.

Although the government had hoped slavery would wither away without the trade to sustain it, but what was the case slavery in the West Indies?

What did mercantilists argue that mercantilism ensured?

In 1776, what is the name of the book published by Adam Smith?

What did 'the Wealth of Nations' do?

In 17th century, because British and Irish agricultural commodities were similar, what did parliament do?

In 1790, what were the value of Irish exports compared to Irish imports, and what does this show?

In 1778, protestors in Dublin had what?

What were some of the Irish trade restrictions?

In 1779, the government consulted Adam Smith on how to respond to the Irish protests. What did he think?

What year did the government remove all trade restriction in Ireland?

In 1830 with the election of the Whigs, and the Representation of the Peoples Act in 1832, what did this mean for trade?

What year was the Anti-Corn Law league founded, and what was the Corn Laws?

What year was the Conservative Party founded, and who was it headed by?

What year did the Conservatives win the election, making Peel Prime Minister?

With Peel as Prime Minister, between 1842-46, how many import tariffs were abolished?

Mercantilism went hand-in-hand with what?

Between what years were the Navigation Acts passed, and what was this?

What did the Navigation Acts mean?

What did the Navigation Acts allow and reflect?

What is the term used to refer to the fact that Britain tended not to enforce trading regulations too tightly?

What year did the 'soft touch' approach change, and why?

What year were the Navigation Acts repealed?

What were the sugar duties?

What had the Corn Laws acquired?

From what year onwards did the potato crop in Ireland begin to fail, resulting in severe food shortages, and what did Peel argue was the solution?

What year did Peel push the Importation Act through parliament, and what did this do?

The abolition of sugar duties led to what in the West Indies?

The repeal of the Corn laws didn't improve the economic situation in Ireland, and between 1845-52, how many died and how many were forced to emigrate?

What did the repeal of the Navigation Acts show?