Defying empire : trading with the enemy in colonial New York / Thomas M. Truxes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Truxes, Thomas M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Merchants--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.

Merchants.

Trials (Treason)--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.

Trials (Treason).

United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Economic aspects.

United States.

New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--History--18th century.

New York (N.Y.).

West Indies, French--Commerce--History--18th century.

West Indies, French.

New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--France.

France--Commerce--New York (State)--New York.

France.

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Naval operations, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This enthralling book is the first to uncover the story of New York City merchants who engaged in forbidden trade with the enemy before and during the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War). Ignoring British prohibitions designed to end North America's wartime trade with the French, New York's merchant elite conducted a thriving business in the French West Indies, insisting that their behavior was protected by long practice and British commercial law. But the government in London viewed it as treachery, and its subsequent efforts to discipline North American commerce inflamed the colonists.Through fast-moving events and unforgettable characters, historian Thomas M. Truxes brings eighteenth-century New York and the Atlantic world to life. There are spies, street riots, exotic settings, informers, courtroom dramas, interdictions on the high seas, ruthless businessmen, political intrigues, and more. The author traces each phase of the city's trade with the enemy and details the frustrations that affected both British officials and independent-minded New Yorkers. The first book to focus on New York City during the Seven Years' War, Defying Empire reveals the important role the city played in hastening the colonies' march toward revolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

Preface

A Note on the Text

Introduction

Prologue

1. A City at War

2. Admiral Hardy and the Smugglers

3. Frenchified Bottoms

4. Mountmen

5. Flag-Trucers

6. Mixed Messages

7. Business as Usual

8. Crackdown

9. The Trial

10. Fruits of Victory

Epilogue. Path to Revolution

Conclusion

Chronology

Glossary of Persons

Glossary of Terms

Statutes, Proclamations, and Orders in Council

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-274) and index.

ISBN:

9786612351761

9781282351769

1282351761

9780300150438

0300150431

OCLC:

379478163