The Fight for Tom Cod - Benton, Geoff
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The island of Newfoundland and its fishery helped start the American Revolution and were a major sticking point in ending the war. In between, the island proved to be a source of men for the British army and navy, but also a drain on supplies. For the Americans Newfoundland and its fishing grounds were a place where the nascent navy and swashbuckling privateers could carry the war to the enemy's doorstep and hurt the British economy with daring raids on shipping and the island itself. The fight for the fishery was also an administrative fight that would see statesmen like John Adams and…mehr

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The island of Newfoundland and its fishery helped start the American Revolution and were a major sticking point in ending the war. In between, the island proved to be a source of men for the British army and navy, but also a drain on supplies. For the Americans Newfoundland and its fishing grounds were a place where the nascent navy and swashbuckling privateers could carry the war to the enemy's doorstep and hurt the British economy with daring raids on shipping and the island itself. The fight for the fishery was also an administrative fight that would see statesmen like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin use a quiver full of political arrows to secure a place in the cod fishery for their new country over the wishes Great Britain, France and the rest of the European establishment. Even as the Fight for Tom Cod brought about the birth of the United States, it proved transformative to the island of Newfoundland as well. The war caused a population boom on the island and more importantly created a basis for the Newfoundland identity to be built upon.
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Geoff Benton is a historian living in upstate New York with his wife and two kids in the only house in his neighborhood flying the Republic of Newfoundland flag. He is employed at a historic site by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. He received his BA in history and biology from the State University of New York at Potsdam and his MA in American History from the State University of New York at Albany. He has been actively employed in the history and historic preservation field for the last thirteen years. He was the author of one previous book, Kinderhook Reformed Church: 300 Years of Faith and Community. You can find more of Geoff's writing at: www.thechancellorscourt.blogspot.com