Burke,
though he nowhere mentions the American Revolution in the Reflections, had
fifteen years earlier been sympathetic (very publicly) to the colonists. This did not, however,
mean that he wished the colonies to become independent, as they eventually did. He and others in
the Whig party believed the colonists's rights as Englishmen had been violated. Thus, their
rebellion against the Crown was in some sense justified. The solution, in Burke's view, was for
the King and his administration to make concessions to the Americans, which, of course, never
happened, and the result was the independence of the...
Friday, October 23, 2009
What value does Burke see in revolutions of any kind?
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