On Conciliation with America

On Conciliation with America
Author: Edmund Burke
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Edmund Burke's seminal speech is fully reproduced here. It was made at a time of dissent and unrest in the what were American colonies at the time of his speech. The colonies were rebellious and angry about the imposition of taxes by the British. He argues that conciliation would be a wise course in order to avoid worse trouble.

On Empire, Liberty, and Reform

On Empire, Liberty, and Reform
Author: Edmund Burke
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780300081473

The great British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument, and his impassioned speeches and writings shaped English public life in the second half of the eighteenth century. This anthology of Burke's speeches, letters, and pamphlets, selected, introduced, and annotated by David Bromwich, shows Burke to be concerned with not only preserving but also reforming the British empire. Bromwich includes eighteen works of Burke, all but one in its complete form. These writings, among them the "Speech on Conciliation with the American Colonies," A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, the "Speech at Guildhall Previous to the Election" of 1780, the "Speech on Fox's India Bill," A Letter to a Noble Lord, and several private letters, demonstrate the depth of Burke's efforts to reform the empire in India, America, and Ireland. On these various fronts he defended the human rights of native peoples, the respect owed to partners in trade, and the civil liberties that the empire was losing at home while extending its power abroad.

Empire and Revolution

Empire and Revolution
Author: Richard Bourke
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 1029
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400873452

A major new account of one of the leading philosopher-statesmen of the eighteenth century Edmund Burke (1730–97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy during three European wars. He also advocated reform in Britain and became a central protagonist in the great debate on the French Revolution. Drawing on the complete range of printed and manuscript sources, Empire and Revolution offers a vivid reconstruction of the major concerns of this outstanding statesman, orator, and philosopher. In restoring Burke to his original political and intellectual context, this book overturns the conventional picture of a partisan of tradition against progress and presents a multifaceted portrait of one of the most captivating figures in eighteenth-century life and thought. A boldly ambitious work of scholarship, this book challenges us to rethink the legacy of Burke and the turbulent era in which he played so pivotal a role.

Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., On American Taxation, April 19, 1774 (Classic Reprint)

Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., On American Taxation, April 19, 1774 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Edmund Burke
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2018-10-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781391821665

Excerpt from Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., On American Taxation, April 19, 1774 This piece has been for fome months ready for the prefs. But a delicacy, pofiibly over fcrupulous, has delayed the publication to this time. The friends of adminifiration have been ufed to attribute a great deal of the oppofition to their meafures in America to the writings publifhed in England. The Editor of this Speech 'kept it Shack, until all the meafures of government have had their full operation, and can be no longer affected, if ever they cbuld have been affeé'ted, by any publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Rights of Colonies Examined. Published by Authority

The Rights of Colonies Examined. Published by Authority
Author: STEPHEN. HOPKINS
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781379633068

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W021994 Signed on p. 24: P------. Providence, in New-England, November 30, 1764. Attributed to Stephen Hopkins by Alden. Printed in December 1764. Cf. Alden. Providence: Printed by William Goddard, M.DCC.LXV [i.e., 1764]. 24p.; 4°