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Thomas Babington Macaulay:impeachment of Warren Hastings

For Students 9th - 10th
This historical essay by Thomas Macaulay provides a detailed account of the day of Governor Warren Hastings' impeachment at Westminster. Includes footnotes explaining references and unfamiliar terms; includes links to famous people...
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Edmund Burke (1729 1797)

For Students 9th - 10th
British statesman, parliamentary orator and political thinker, played a prominent part in all major political issues for about 30 years after 1765, and remained an important figure in the history of political theory.
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Biographies: Thomas Paine

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed biography of the American revolutionary writer and thinker Thomas Paine. Includes discussion of the influence of his writing on international affairs.
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BBC

Bbc: History: Edmund Burke (1729 1797)

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
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University of California

Ucla: Manas: History and Politics Warren Hastings

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography tells facts about Warren Hastings and the role he had in consolidating British power in India.
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Curated OER

Portrait Showing Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
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Curated OER

Bbc History: British History: Empire: Mary Wollstonecraft: The Dissenter

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses how Wollstonecraft contributed to the expansion of women's rights in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
(1730-1797) English statesman and author.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
(1730-1797) English statesman and author.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
(1730-1797) English statesman and author.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
Chiefly remembered for his support of the American colonies in the struggle against King George III that led to the American Revolution, as well as for his strong opposition to the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
(1729-1797) An Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
(1729-1797) English statesman and author of Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 - 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after relocating to Great Britain, served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the...