Roots of Conflict British Armed Forces and Colonial Americans, 1677-1763 / Douglas Edward Leach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leach, Douglas Edward, 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.

United States.

Great Britain--Armed Forces--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Armed Forces--History--17th century.

United States--History, Military--To 1900.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This lively book recounts the story of the antagonism between the American colonists and the British armed forces prior to the Revolution. Douglas Leach reveals certain Anglo-American attitudes and stereotypes that evolved before 1763 and became an important factor leading to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Using research from both England and the United States, Leach provides a comprehensive study of this complex historical relationship. British professional armed forces first were stationed in significant numbers in the colonies during the last quarter of the seventeenth cen

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Early Times of Trouble: Virginia, Massachusetts, New York; CHAPTER 2 Boston and the Ill-Fated Canada Expedition, 1711; CHAPTER 3 Florida, the Caribbean, and Georgia, 1739-1748; CHAPTER 4 Louisbourg, 1745-1746; CHAPTER 5 The Great War for the Empire: Meeting the Army's Needs; CHAPTER 6 The Great War for the Empire: Joint Operations; CHAPTER 7 The Naval Dimension; Conclusion; Abbreviations Used in Citations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [201]-223.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-190-1

979-88-908792-4-0

1-4696-0398-5

0-8078-9879-1

OCLC:

817922987