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

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : maps Contents Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- Prologue: The Informer -- 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 -- List of Statutes, Proclamations, and Orders in Council -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G Hi -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- v -- w -- y 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-274) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century SUBJECT Great Britain. Royal Navy fast Subject Merchants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century Trials (Treason) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century HISTORY. Military operations, Naval -- British Commerce Economics Merchants Trials (Treason) SUBJECT United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Economic aspects New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century West Indies, French -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- France France -- Commerce -- New York (State) -- New York New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091419 United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Naval operations, British Subject France Lesser Antilles -- West Indies, French New York (State) -- New York United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300150438 0300150431 1282351761 9781282351769 9786612351761 6612351764

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