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Katie Hosmer: I think this is saying England is better than America. Also that British ideas of government are better than American ideas.

Patricia Brooks: I took this to mean that they find it ridiculous that they are trying to govern the US as they do Britain when Britain is so far away. From the line that says, "...forbid that the colonies should be blended or coalesce into the Mass... of this Kingdom," I think that E. Burke was perhaps a colonist hoping to speak to Parliament about how they think that the colonies should not be governed as Britain is. Please, correct me if I'm wrong...

Diana Kirkley: The way this is written could honestly be taken many different ways, so i decided to do some research on Edmund Burke. It turns out that he served in the British House of Commons for many years, but is remembered for his support of the American colonies in the dispute with King George III and Great Britain that led to the American Revolution. So, basically Burke is an English Statesmen AND he sympathized with the colonies I believe that he is trying to create independence for the colonies, therefore giving them identity & unity in that he says "The eternal Barriers of Nature forbid that the colonies should be blended or coalesce into the Mass...of this Kingdom"

Dymonde- I thought that this was just saying that Britain shouldn't be controlling America from so far away. America has a more a developed way that they think they should be governed. Hes also saying that there is really no resemblance between America and Britain. So, Britain will never really have full power over America.

Tasmia- i get that Burke thinks theres no point in trying to rule a nation all the way across an ocean and that the colonies would be better off without brit ruling htem, but i dont get who Burke was. was he a British person who was in america and supported american independance justlike a colonist who was a patriot was?