1. Britain and the French Revolution

2. Domestic Impact Lens of biography

3. Edmund Burke 1729-1797 Reflections on the Revolution in France

4. Burke’s philosophy State a living organism No natural rights Rights imply duties Reform must be gradual

5. Tradition Thus, American Revolution right Hastings impeachment Rotten boroughs fine

6. William Pitt the Younger 1759-1806 PM at 24

7. Pitt as Reformer Finance India Act (1784) If controversial, dropped

8. Pitt on Ireland Catholic political emancipation Unite politically in London George III quashed Catholic emancipation Act of Union (1801)

9. Charles James Fox 1749-1806

11. Fox Supported American Revolution Blunt Political outsider No fear

12. Thomas Paine 1737-1809 Common Sense Attacked Burke in The Rights of Man

13. Paine’s Argument Now is what matters Natural Rights exist Restrictions on liberty are created things