Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had resulted in periods of famine and chronic unemployment , exacerbated by the introduction of the first of the Corn Laws .
Simplified: The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had resulted in a time of famine and chronic unemployment . This was exacerbated by the introduction of the first of the Corn Laws .