Speech on Conciliation with America

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Speech on Conciliation with America is a 1775 address by Edmund Burke to the British Parliament urging a policy of compromise and reconciliation with the American colonies to avoid war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oratorical work ⓘ
parliamentary speech ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
addressedTo British Parliament ⓘ
House of Commons ⓘ
advocatesFor compromise ⓘ
pragmatic imperial policy ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
aim to prevent war with the American colonies ⓘ
to urge conciliation with the American colonies ⓘ
author Edmund Burke ⓘ
circulation widely read in Britain ⓘ
widely read in the American colonies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
date 1775-03-22 ⓘ
deliveredAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
genre persuasive speech ⓘ
political oratory ⓘ
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
historicalSignificance influential example of 18th-century political oratory ⓘ
major statement of British Whig policy on America ⓘ
keyConcept practical statesmanship ⓘ
representation and taxation ⓘ
respect for colonial liberties ⓘ
rights of Englishmen in the colonies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American Revolution ⓘ
American colonies ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies

British Empire ⓘ
British colonial policy ⓘ
conciliation ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
taxation policy ⓘ
opposes punitive legislation toward the colonies ⓘ
use of force against the American colonies ⓘ
partOf Edmund Burke's political writings ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Burke
placeOfSpeech House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
proposes recognition of colonial self-taxation ⓘ
repeal of certain taxes on American colonies ⓘ
publicationForm pamphlet ⓘ
relatedEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
First Continental Congress ⓘ
Intolerable Acts ⓘ
relatedWork Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ⓘ
speaker Edmund Burke ⓘ
year 1775 ⓘ

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