Speech on Conciliation with America
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Speech on Conciliation with America is a 1775 address by Edmund Burke to the British Parliament urging a policy of compromise and reconciliation with the American colonies to avoid war.
All labels observed (1)
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| Speech on Conciliation with America canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Speech on Conciliation with America Context triple: [Edmund Burke, notableWork, Speech on Conciliation with America]
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A.
Farewell Address
The Farewell Address is George Washington’s famous 1796 message to the American people in which he announced his decision not to seek a third term and warned against political parties and foreign entanglements.
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B.
Sinews of Peace speech
The "Sinews of Peace" speech is Winston Churchill’s famous 1946 address in Fulton, Missouri, best known for introducing the term “Iron Curtain” to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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C.
Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775
The "Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775" is Patrick Henry’s famous oration in which he urged armed resistance to British rule and declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
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D.
A Revision of the Treaty
A Revision of the Treaty is John Maynard Keynes’s 1922 follow-up work to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, in which he further critiques and proposes modifications to the post–World War I peace settlement.
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E.
Address to the People of Great Britain
Address to the People of Great Britain is a 1774 political appeal in which American colonial representatives explained and justified their grievances against British policies to the British public on the eve of the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Speech on Conciliation with America Target entity description: Speech on Conciliation with America is a 1775 address by Edmund Burke to the British Parliament urging a policy of compromise and reconciliation with the American colonies to avoid war.
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A.
Farewell Address
The Farewell Address is George Washington’s famous 1796 message to the American people in which he announced his decision not to seek a third term and warned against political parties and foreign entanglements.
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B.
Sinews of Peace speech
The "Sinews of Peace" speech is Winston Churchill’s famous 1946 address in Fulton, Missouri, best known for introducing the term “Iron Curtain” to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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C.
Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775
The "Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775" is Patrick Henry’s famous oration in which he urged armed resistance to British rule and declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
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D.
A Revision of the Treaty
A Revision of the Treaty is John Maynard Keynes’s 1922 follow-up work to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, in which he further critiques and proposes modifications to the post–World War I peace settlement.
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E.
Address to the People of Great Britain
Address to the People of Great Britain is a 1774 political appeal in which American colonial representatives explained and justified their grievances against British policies to the British public on the eve of the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oratorical work
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parliamentary speech ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
British Parliament
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
House of Commons
|
| advocatesFor |
compromise
ⓘ
pragmatic imperial policy ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ |
| aim |
to prevent war with the American colonies
ⓘ
to urge conciliation with the American colonies ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Burke ⓘ |
| circulation |
widely read in Britain
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widely read in the American colonies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | 1775-03-22 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt | Palace of Westminster ⓘ |
| genre |
persuasive speech
ⓘ
political oratory ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | prelude to the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
influential example of 18th-century political oratory
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major statement of British Whig policy on America ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
practical statesmanship
ⓘ
representation and taxation ⓘ respect for colonial liberties ⓘ rights of Englishmen in the colonies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
surface form:
American colonies
British Empire ⓘ British colonial policy ⓘ conciliation ⓘ imperial governance ⓘ taxation policy ⓘ |
| opposes |
punitive legislation toward the colonies
ⓘ
use of force against the American colonies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Edmund Burke
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surface form:
Edmund Burke's political writings
|
| placeOfSpeech | House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ |
| proposes |
recognition of colonial self-taxation
ⓘ
repeal of certain taxes on American colonies ⓘ |
| publicationForm | pamphlet ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
American Revolutionary War
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First Continental Congress ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ⓘ |
| speaker | Edmund Burke ⓘ |
| year | 1775 ⓘ |
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