Although his later views are what defined Burke primarily as an "extreme reactionary", evidence of his support for a more conservative change in politics can be found in his defense of a “judicious treatment of the American and Irish colonies in previous years”; colonies that had adopted legislative assemblies (in the case of Ireland, an Irish Parliament existed, although it was largely influenced by English politicians) out of necessity (174). Burke argues for a greater “likelihood of a descent into chaos if established political arrangements are overthrown” and he wrote Reflections largely to address those in Britain who wanted to “introduce the principles of the French Revolution into their own country” (174). of truth and reason are perhaps Burke's most effective weapons as he argues that the Glorious Revolution was “an evolutionary development”, despite the fact that the development of the British Constitution had been “punctuated by [violence] and [revolution]”