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Britain and the French Revolution
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Domestic Impact Lens of biography
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Edmund Burke 1729-1797 Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Burke’s philosophy State a living organism No natural rights Rights imply duties Reform must be gradual
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Tradition Thus, American Revolution right Hastings impeachment Rotten boroughs fine
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William Pitt the Younger 1759-1806 PM at 24
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Pitt as Reformer Finance India Act (1784) If controversial, dropped
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Pitt on Ireland Catholic political emancipation Unite politically in London George III quashed Catholic emancipation Act of Union (1801)
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Charles James Fox 1749-1806
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Fox Supported American Revolution Blunt Political outsider No fear
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Thomas Paine 1737-1809 Common Sense Attacked Burke in The Rights of Man
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Paine’s Argument Now is what matters Natural Rights exist Restrictions on liberty are created things
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