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The Burning of HMS Gaspee

The Burning of HMS Gaspee

Update: 2024-12-17
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In the midst of increased tariffs and enforcement of the Navigation Acts, an angry group of merchants, plantation owners, and residents of Providence, Rhode Island slipped out under the cover of darkness on June 10, 1772, and boarded HMS Gaspee. After a short battle, the Rhode Islanders burned the British vessel, and shot and wounded its commander, Lt. William Duddingston. The Gaspee Affair, as it came to be known, was the result of increased tensions between colonists and the British government.


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The Burning of HMS Gaspee

The Burning of HMS Gaspee

Rich Napolitano

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