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  2. Coercion Act - Wikipedia

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    c. 4), the Protection of Life and Property in Certain Parts of Ireland Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 25), and the Protection of Person and Property Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 4). An Irish Coercion Bill was proposed by Sir Robert Peel on 15 May 1846 in order to calm the increasingly difficult situation in Ireland as a result of the ongoing famine ...

  3. Corn Laws - Wikipedia

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    On 25 June the Duke of Wellington persuaded the House of Lords to pass it, and it became the Importation Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 22). On that same night Peel's Irish Coercion Bill was defeated in the Commons by 292 to 219 by "a combination of Whigs, Radicals, and Tory protectionists." [39] Peel subsequently resigned as Prime Minister. In his ...

  4. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1817

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    An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Twelfth Year of His late Majesty King George the First, [ba] and an Act of the Twenty second Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, [bb] against Payment of Labourers in Goods or by Truck, and to secure their Payment in the lawful Money of this Realm, to Labourers employed in the ...

  5. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from ...

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    An Act to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to open and widen certain Streets and Places, and otherwise to improve the same; and to enable the said Mayor, Aldermen ...

  6. Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton - Wikipedia

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    However, he also supported coercive Government measures to suppress disorder, often taking a hardline position. In 1844 Hatherton promoted a reform popular with Irish Catholics: the Charitable Bequests (Ireland) Act, which created a corporate body to accept bequests in favour of the Irish clergy.

  7. Free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent - Wikipedia

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    Many historians argue that their absence contributed severely to the Great Irish Famine (1846–49), as it allowed the mass eviction of starving tenants. The Three Fs were campaigned for by a number of political movements, notably the Independent Irish Party (1852–1858) and later the Irish Parliamentary Party during the Land War (from 1878).

  8. Lawmakers behind new state law against coercive control ...

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    Coercive control is the very definition of domestic violence,” said Tara Huard, director of domestic violence services at the YWCA of Central Massachusetts, who described the escalation process.

  9. Michael Davitt - Wikipedia

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    To combat the UIL, the British government introduced a new round of coercion and by September 1902 forty UIL leaders were jailed. Davitt and John Dillon were touring the United States to raise funds when the 1902 Land Conference was held, and by their return, the Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903, masterminded by O'Brien, was a fait accompli. [66]