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Mann, Frank P.

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The British occupation of southern New York during the American Revolution and the failure to restore civilian government.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The British occupation of southern New York during the American Revolution and the failure to restore civilian government./
Author:	Mann, Frank P.
Description:	480 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International74-09A(E).
Subject:	History, United States. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3561473
ISBN:	9781303085888

The British occupation of southern New York during the American Revolution and the failure to restore civilian government.
Mann, Frank P.

The British occupation of southern New York during the American Revolution and the failure to restore civilian government. - 480 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2013.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

A decade of political unrest over the question of parliamentary taxation resulted in the development of an alternate political structure of committees and congresses in the province of New York. By 1776, a revolutionary government led by the Provincial Congress controlled the province. Upon learning of the Declaration of Independence, the New York Provincial Congress declared independence from the British. Within months of this declaration, southern New York was occupied by British troops, and remained under British control for the duration of the Revolutionary War. The area was under martial law for the duration. Britain's loss of the Saratoga Campaign brought French entry into the war, and a major strategic reassessment as the American colonies became to the British but one front---and not even the most important---in a world war with France (and later others). A peace commission led by the Earl of Carlisle was sent to America, spending time in Philadelphia and New York, but its proposals were met with contempt. Partially as a result of the failed mission, a new strategy was developed for fighting the war by the British. A major part of this new strategy was the restoration of civilian government to the province of New York. It was hoped that, among other things, this would showcase Britain's desire to, rather than impose a tyranny, restore free government to the colonies. General James Robertson was chosen to be the new governor, arriving in 1780, but was unable to implement the strategy because of opposition by Sir Henry Clinton, the commander of Britain's forces in America.

ISBN: 9781303085888Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017393
History, United States.

The British occupation of southern New York during the American Revolution and the failure to restore civilian government.
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520 $a A decade of political unrest over the question of parliamentary taxation resulted in the development of an alternate political structure of committees and congresses in the province of New York. By 1776, a revolutionary government led by the Provincial Congress controlled the province. Upon learning of the Declaration of Independence, the New York Provincial Congress declared independence from the British. Within months of this declaration, southern New York was occupied by British troops, and remained under British control for the duration of the Revolutionary War. The area was under martial law for the duration. Britain's loss of the Saratoga Campaign brought French entry into the war, and a major strategic reassessment as the American colonies became to the British but one front---and not even the most important---in a world war with France (and later others). A peace commission led by the Earl of Carlisle was sent to America, spending time in Philadelphia and New York, but its proposals were met with contempt. Partially as a result of the failed mission, a new strategy was developed for fighting the war by the British. A major part of this new strategy was the restoration of civilian government to the province of New York. It was hoped that, among other things, this would showcase Britain's desire to, rather than impose a tyranny, restore free government to the colonies. General James Robertson was chosen to be the new governor, arriving in 1780, but was unable to implement the strategy because of opposition by Sir Henry Clinton, the commander of Britain's forces in America.
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