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Opening New Markets The British Army and the Old Northwest
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Walter S. Dunn
Book Code: C7329
ISBN: 0-275-97329-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97329-2
216 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This book, based almost entirely on primary documents gathered during Dunn's 35-year teaching career, argues that the loss of a positive cash flow was a primary cause of the Revolution. The final chapter is an excellent summary of these contentions. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
    —Choice     January 2003
  • Opening New Markets is engagingly written and includes numerous anecdotes that illuminate the times and the personalities central to the narrative.
    —The Journal of American History     September 2003
  • [A]dds insight and perspective to our understanding of this chapter in the decade before the Revolution.
    —The Journal of Military History     April 2003
Description: After the conclusion of Pontiac's Uprising, frontier trade reopened in 1765. Unfortunately, for the colonists, the renewed activity favored the French in Canada and Illinois and the British traders in Quebec and Montreal. Only three British regiments were assigned to frontier duty, an inadequate number of troops to enforce trade regulations against the French. To keep the peace with local tribes, the British army allowed the French to trade anywhere, while colonial merchants were restricted to army trading posts. Had the army been more astute in protecting colonial interests, colonial merchants might have been more favorable toward paying taxes in support of military efforts. Frontier commerce was a major component of the colonial economy, ranking third in export behind tobacco and rice. The European demand for fashionable broad-brimmed beaver hats was the driving force that created turmoil on the frontier from 1765 to 1768. After the cession of Canada to Britain in 1763, the French obtained half the beaver pelt exports by forcibly diverting them from Quebec to New Orleans and then on to France. This competition hurt wealthy colonial merchants in New York City and Philadelphia, who blamed the British army and set the tone for the coming conflict.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Canada and the Northwest
  • The Great Lakes
  • Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley
  • Illinois
  • The Army
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001058045
LCC Class: F482
Dewey Class: 977
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