HIST 383 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: First Rohilla War, Tea Act, Parliamentary Sovereignty
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1788: impeachment trial of warren hastings who served as the first governor general of bengal for 12 years. He returned to britain where he was accused of high crimes and misdemeanors and brought before the house of commons and house of lords to be tried. More of an indictment, led by edmund burke who was known for his opposition to the french revolution. Sir william jones was representing hastings and was known to be an. Orientalist scholar, and one of the first british people to learn sanskrit, translating texts into english. He claimed his policy in india was entirely ethnical. One of the biggest social events of the year. There were twenty articles of impeachment and took burke two days to lay out the case. Charges included genocide/defeat of a nation - hastings had supported the attack on the rohilla in the first rohilla war, he approved this military action in order to receive cash.
