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You not only acquired commerce, but you actually created the very objects of trade in America; and by that creation you raised the trade of this kingdom at least fourfold.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke emphasizes the transformative impact of British commerce on American trade, illustrating the economic relationship between the two.
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