The impact of mercantilism and war on the Scottish marine 1661-1791
This thesis seeks to answer the question - 'To what extent did Scotland's membership that trading system, later dubbed 'mercantilism', dictate the course and direction of her maritime institutions and shipping industry? ' Its resolution sets four primary objectives. Firstly, to set Scottish maritime affairs in context with the evolving political, economic and administrative aspects of the system. Secondly, to evaluate the impact of the Union and the imposition of the English customs model on the emerging Scottish shipping industry. Thirdly, to analyse the role played by the endemic warfare and smuggling inherent to the sytem contributed, in the growth rate and shift in the regional distribution of the components of the Scottish marine - 'foreign', coastal' and fisheries'. Fourly, to review the influence of the system on the regional development of navigational aids, port facilities and shipbuilding. The unresolved status of Scotland as an independent trading nation resulted in retaliatory Navigation Acts and aggressive acts that dispelled the prospect of a peaceful co-existence with England. The Union resolved this impasse granting full access rights to Scottish shippers re-registering under the British Navigation
Graham, Eric J.
Trading; Maritime affairs
The impact of mercantilism and war on the Scottish marine 1661-1791. This thesis seeks to answer the question - 'To what extent did Scotland's membership that trading system, later dubbed 'mercantilism', dictate the course and direction of her maritime institutions and shipping industry? ' Its resolution sets four primary objectives. Firstly, to set Scottish maritime affairs in context with the evolving political, economic and administrative aspects of the system. Secondly, to evaluate the impact of the Union and the imposition of the English customs model on the emerging Scottish shipping industry. Thirdly, to analyse the role played by the endemic warfare and smuggling inherent to the sytem contributed, in the growth rate and shift in the regional distribution of the components of the Scottish marine - 'foreign', coastal' and fisheries'. Fourly, to review the influence of the system on the regional development of navigational aids, port facilities and shipbuilding. The unresolved status of Scotland as an independent trading nation resulted in retaliatory Navigation Acts and aggressive acts that dispelled the prospect of a peaceful co-existence with England. The Union resolved this impasse granting full access rights to Scottish shippers re-registering under the British Navigation
impact war scottish marine seek_answer question_extent scotland membership trading system later dub dictate course direction maritime institution ship industry resolution set primary_objective firstly set scottish maritime affair context evolve political_economic administrative aspect system secondly evaluate impact union imposition english custom model emerge scottish shipping industry thirdly analyse role_play endemic warfare inherent contribute growth rate shift regional_distribution component scottish marine foreign coastal fishery review influence system regional development navigational aid port facility shipbuilding unresolved status scotland independent trading nation result navigation acts aggressive act dispel prospect peaceful co_existence england union resolve impasse grant full access right scottish british navigation