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Lower Chesapeake Maritime Enterprise: 1781-1812, D. Dennis Duff
Lower Chesapeake Maritime Enterprise: 1781-1812, D. Dennis Duff
History Theses & Dissertations
The American Revolutionary War, officially concluded by the Treaty of Paris of 1783, forever changed American maritime enterprise. An examination of the response of Lower Chesapeake merchants to elimination of the British monopoly on American seagoing commerce reveals that Virginia shipping activity recovered quickly after the conflict, then expanded and prospered until the War of 1812. In addition to propelling the Commonwealth's post-war economic resurgence, Virginia's prosperous foreign trading interests influenced political decisions on Constitutional ratification, establishment of Confederation period and early national commercial policies, and diplomatic initiatives to strengthen American overseas exchange.
Principal sources include customs records of the …