Rise of American Naval PowerPrinceton University Press, 08/12/2015 - 422 من الصفحات Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. |
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... Congress developed along three lines . During the siege of Boston , in the first year of the war , Congress authorized fitting out a temporary force to prey on the military transports carrying supplies to the British army in that city ...
... Congress ( edited by E. C. Burnett , 1921 ) , Vol . I , pp . 230 , 236 . Paullin , Navy of the Revolution , Chap . VI . 10 ibid . , Chaps . XI - XVII . 11 ibid . , p . 152 . planted , the deep - sea operations of the Continental 10 The ...
... Congress had neither the financial resources nor the inclination to maintain a navy in time of peace . Even Morris felt compelled , in 1783 , after the close of the war , to withdraw his earlier recommendation . Congress gradually ...
... Congress . This body had power to " allow " expenditures for the “ common defense , " but no power to levy taxes or to compel the States to contribute funds to the " common treasury . " The Articles au- thorized Congress to appoint a ...
... Congress could make little headway . After months of delay a committee brought in a report endorsing a navy in ... Congress " to provide and maintain a navy . ” This latter provision supplanted the clause in the Articles of Confederation ...