Edmund Burke: “For what is it but a scheme for taxing the colonies in the antechamber…”

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For what is it but a scheme for taxing the colonies in the antechamber of the noble lord and his successors?

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Edmund Burke

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Burke critiques a scheme for taxing the colonies, framing it as a questionable political maneuver.

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Edmund Burke: “For what is it but a scheme for taxing the colonies in the antechamber of the noble lord and his successors?”