Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America

by Edmund Burke, Edmund 1729-1797 Burke, Sidney Carleton Burke, Edmund, And Newsom

Book Overview

In 1651 originated the policy which caused the American Revolution. That policy was one of taxation, indirect, it is true, but none the less taxation. The first Navigation Act required that colonial exports should be shipped to England in American or English vessels. This was followed by a long series of acts, regulating and restricting the American trade. Colonists were not allowed to exchange certain articles without paying duties thereon, and custom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151507448X
• ISBN13: 9781515074489
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"