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This ultimatum forced Jews into exile, many whom settled in Amsterdam. One of these families were the Ricardos, who later would move to England and be descended by political economist David Ricardo. The Jews eventually ended up becoming higher managers in the Dutch West India Company and taking over the sugar trade in Brazil.
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Previously tea would pass through many middlemen, driving up the price in the Americas. However, since the East India Company was now able to sell directly to American consumers, prices went down and as a result the middlemen were angry that the had no more revenue streams and planned the Boston Tea Party.
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This was the first agricultural subsidy enacted in England in order to help grain growers while artificially keeping the price of grains up. This in turn helped the land aristocracy but hurt poorer everyday people in England.
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After many years of advocacy initially started by Richard Compton the Corn Laws in England were repealed