Gaspee affair
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gaspee-affair-185-10691440
title:
Gaspee affair
text:
The Gaspee affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspee was a Royal Navy revenue schooner that enforced the Navigation Acts around Newport, Rhode Island, in 1772. It ran aground in shallow water while chasing the packet boat Hannah on June 9 off of Warwick, Rhode Island. A group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown I attacked, boarded, and burned the Gaspee to the waterline. The event sharply increased tensions between American colonists and Crown
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1772 burning of a British customs ship by American colonists in Warwick, Rhode Island
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee_affair
date created:
2004-11-14T07:54:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:23:00Z
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13
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