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... American Revolution which has not always been sufficiently stressed by historians , and from which Burke , in opposition , averted his eyes . Had Burke been in office his attention would almost certainly have been directed to this ...
... American Revolution which has not always been sufficiently stressed by historians , and from which Burke , in opposition , averted his eyes . Had Burke been in office his attention would almost certainly have been directed to this ...
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... American Independence was ended by the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga . Thereafter the French were encouraged to intervene in order to revenge them- selves upon England for their losses during the Seven Years War . England ...
... American Independence was ended by the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga . Thereafter the French were encouraged to intervene in order to revenge them- selves upon England for their losses during the Seven Years War . England ...
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... America 1 Works , ii , p . 72 ( Speech on American Taxation ; April 19th , 1774 ) . 2 For a fuller discussion of this question , cf Namier : England in the Age of the American Revolution , pp . 42 ff . 3 Boswell's Johnson ( ed ...
... America 1 Works , ii , p . 72 ( Speech on American Taxation ; April 19th , 1774 ) . 2 For a fuller discussion of this question , cf Namier : England in the Age of the American Revolution , pp . 42 ff . 3 Boswell's Johnson ( ed ...
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