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Free Trade

Great Britain · Government / Tory Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1841

Robert Peel6 September 1841

Government / Tory Party Government

Stanley resigns over Peels Free Trade Policy, Peels only casualty. Campaigns on the issue of Free Trade to become Prime Minister. Believes without free trade there could be civil disorder

Names involved

Robert Peel

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