Empire and Imperialism: Europe. Few subjects have generated as much controversy as that of European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Because of the term's pejorative connotations, even attempting to define it causes difficulties.
Edmund Burke. From Conservapedia. Edmund Burke (born January 12, 1729 in Dublin, died July 9, 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, an orator, and a leading conservative political theorist who is still widely read and continue to shape conservative attitudes.
In 1906, the Burke Act was passed, which authorized the secretary of the interior to decide whether an Indian person was âcompetentâ to manage his or her lands. If the Indian person was deemed âcompetent,â the secretary could take the land out of trust and the land would become taxable.