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21Agrarianism — • Theories and movements intended to benefit the poorer classes of society by dealing in some way with the ownership of land or the legal obligations of the cultivators Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Agrarianism Agrarian …
22James Madison: A Plurality of Interests and a Balance of Powers — ▪ Primary Source In the federal Convention of 1787, James Madison was the acknowledged leader of the group favoring a strong central government. The final draft of the Constitution did not fully satisfy Madison, for he thought the… …
23Matthias Erzberger — (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was a German politician. Prominent in the Centre Party, he spoke out against the First World War from 1917 and eventually signed the Armistice with Germany for the German Empire. He was assassinated for this… …
24Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, Baron Temple Of Mount Temple — ▪ prime minister of United Kingdom Introduction byname Pam born Oct. 20, 1784, Broadlands, Hampshire, Eng. died Oct. 18, 1865, Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire English Whig Liberal (Liberal Party) statesman whose long career, including many years… …
25History of the English fiscal system — The history of the English fiscal system affords the best known example of continuous financial development in terms of both institutions and methods. Although periods of great upheaval occurred from the time of the Norman Conquest to the… …
26George Rennie (agriculturalist) — George Rennie (1749 1828), agriculturist, son of James Rennie, farmer, of Phantassie, Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian), and elder brother of John Rennie, the engineer, was born on his father s farm in 1749. On leaving school he was sent by his… …
27Corn Laws — Meeting de l Anti Corn Law League en 1846 Les Corn Laws étaient une série de textes réglementaires adoptés au Royaume Uni entre 1773 et 1815 pour encadrer le commerce des céréales avec l étranger. On désigne cependant le plus souvent par ce terme …
28Rotten and pocket boroughs — The term rotten or decayed borough referred to a parliamentary borough or constituency in Great Britain and Ireland which had a very small population and was controlled and used by a patron to exercise undue and unrepresentative influence within… …
29A Vindication of the Rights of Men — A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) is a political pamphlet, written by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft …
30Radnor (UK Parliament constituency) — Radnor Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1542 (1542)–1885 (1885) …
