Four Objections Raised by the Bill Against the East India Company
PremiumMention the four objections raised by the bill against the charter of the East India Company Edmund Burke an influential statesman and orator - made a notable speech on December titled Speech on East India Bill He addressed the bill that challenged the charter of the East India Company In this speech he laid out four primary objections raised by the bill against the charter of the East India Company An Attack on the Chartered Rights of Men The first objection centered on the notion of the chartered rights of men Burke described it as full of affectation and very unusual He argued that the East India Company's charter was unlike the Magna Carta It was designed to establish monopoly and political power rather than restrain and destroy monopoly Increasing the Crown s Power The second objection was that the bill would increase the influence of the Crown Critics feared