Corn Laws Beneficial To The British Aristocracy

In 1815, the passing of the Corn Laws - laws prohibiting the importation of foreign grains - only benefitted the British aristocracy. Similarly, during the Agricultural Revolution of 1650 to 1840, a law called the Enclosure Acts also only benefitted the aristocracy; these laws forced common farmers to vacate the countryside and move to rural cities. Both of these laws were detrimental to the British lower class carners, but were advantageous tot he