Index: Burke Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775
Read the article at the following URL. Test your knowledge by answering the questions below.
Edmund Burke: Speech on conciliation with America, March 22, 1775
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/libertydebate/burk.htm
Edmund Burke was an important Whig member of Parliament and a noted political philosopher.
1. How does Burke propose to ensure peace between the American colonies and England?
2. What connection does he make between civil liberties and the strength and expansion of the British Empire?
3. How would such domestic support for the colonists likely affect the ability of the British to fight effectively in the American Revolution?