Unshackling America : how the War of 1812 truly ended the American Revolution
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
452 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Street Date
1706
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-442) and index.
Description
"Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Williard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade. Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only one part, the first phase of their ordeal. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War halted overt combat but had achieved only partial political autonomy from Britain. By not guaranteeing American economic independence and agency, Britain continued to deny American sovereignty. Randall details the fifty years and persistent attempts by the British to control American trade waters, but he also shows how, despite the outrageous restrictions, the United States asserted the doctrine of neutral rights and developed the world's second largest merchant fleet as it absorbed the French Caribbean trade. American ships carrying trade increased five-fold between 1790 and 1800, its tonnage nearly doubling again between 1800 and 1812, ultimately making the United States the world's largest independent maritime power"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Free trade -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
Free trade -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
International trade -- History.
Merchant marine -- United States -- History.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Causes.
World politics -- To 1900.
Free trade -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
International trade -- History.
Merchant marine -- United States -- History.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Causes.
World politics -- To 1900.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Randall, W. S. (2017). Unshackling America: how the War of 1812 truly ended the American Revolution (First edition.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Randall, Willard Sterne. 2017. Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Randall, Willard Sterne. Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution St. Martin's Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Randall, Willard Sterne. Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution First edition., St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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