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The Fisherman's Cause - Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution (Hardcover)
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The Fisherman's Cause - Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution (Hardcover)
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In the first book-length examination of the connections between the
commercial fishing industry in colonial America and the American
Revolution, Christopher Magra places the origins and progress of
this formative event in a wider Atlantic context. The Fisherman s
Cause utilizes extensive research from archives in the United
States, Canada, and the U.K. in order to take this Atlantic
approach. Dried, salted cod represented the most lucrative export
in New England. The fishing industry connected colonial producers
to transatlantic markets in the Iberian Peninsula and the West
Indies. Parliament s coercive regulation of this branch of colonial
maritime commerce contributed to colonists willingness to engage in
a variety of revolutionary activities. Colonists then used the sea
to forcibly resist British authority. Fish merchants converted
transatlantic trade routes into military supply lines, and they
transformed fishing vessels into warships. Fishermen armed and
manned the first American navy, served in the first coast guard
units, and fought on privateers. These maritime activities helped
secure American independence.
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