The Gaspee affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspee was a Royal Navy customs schooner that enforced the Navigation...

historiography of the Gaspee affair examines the changing views of historians and scholars with regard to the burning of HMS Gaspee, a British customs schooner...

American patriots on June 9, 1772 in what became known as the Gaspée affair. The Gaspee was a revenue schooner locally detested for its enforcement of...

active in the American Revolution, notably as an instigator of the 1772 Gaspee Affair, and he served in both state and national government. At the same time...

the name Gaspee (or Gaspe): Gaspee (1763) was a revenue schooner famously destroyed in the 1772 Gaspee Affair in Narragansett Bay. HMS Gaspée was a schooner...

district Gaspee Affair, U.S. War of Independence HMS Gaspee, a Royal Navy shipname Gaspee Point, Rhode Island, United States Search for "gaspe" , "gaspee", or...

18th-century Scottish commander in the Royal Navy, of fame for the Gaspee Affair, one of the precursors to the American War of Independence. He was born...

eateries. Gaspee Days parade Since 1965, the town has hosted a multi-day series of events known as Gaspee Days which commemorates the Gaspee Affair, the 1772...

decimated during King Philip's War (1675–1676) and was the site of the Gaspee Affair, the first act of armed resistance against the British, preceding even...

commission of inquiry that was established to find the instigators of the Gaspee Affair. After a year of collecting testimonies, the court dissolved, having...

by a Rhode Island mob in what became known as the Gaspee Affair. In the aftermath of the Gaspee Affair, Greene became increasingly alienated from the British...

involved with a large array of issues and incidents, most notably the Gaspee Affair in 1772, where he played an important role in thwarting the crown from...

the Thirteen Colonies to take up arms against Great Britain in the Gaspee Affair, when an armed group of men attacked and burned a British Navy ship...

naval casualty of the American Revolution, the revenue cutter Gaspee, in the Gaspée Affair. The first to unfurl the Star Spangled Banner in London, Whipple...

purchased and ran on his own up until the year of his death. During the Gaspee Affair Carter played an active role in reporting the subsequent arrests and...

Seven Fires: The Urban Infernos The Reshaped America, New York: Public Affairs, ISBN 1-58648-355-2 Irvin, Benjamin H. (2003), "Tar, Feathers, and the...

and he became a principal player in the colony's handling of the 1772 Gaspee Affair, when a group of irate Rhode Island citizens boarded a British revenue...

enforcing unpopular trade regulations, in what became known as the Gaspee Affair. The affair was investigated for possible treason, but no action was taken...

Revolutionary War. He was heavily involved in moderating the effects of the Gaspee Affair, and was instrumental in keeping the perpetrators from being identified...

possible to objectively reconstruct the incident. Aside from the Liberty affair, the degree to which Hancock was engaged in smuggling, which may have been...

in the American Revolutionary War. Pre-revolutionary events like the Gaspee affair, the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the First Continental Congress...

honored as a reminder of British hostility. Later events such as the Gaspee Affair and the Boston Tea Party further illustrated the crumbling relationship...

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first non-colonial government body in British North America. June 9 – Gaspee Affair: In an act of defiance against the British Navigation Acts, American...

wealthy officials formed an exclusive inner circle in charge of the legal affairs of the area. The group was seen as a "courthouse ring" made up of officials...

(1763) Boston Massacre British credit crisis of 1772-1773 Gaspee affair Hutchinson letters affair Boston Tea Party Philadelphia Tea Party Powder Alarm...

(1763) Boston Massacre British credit crisis of 1772-1773 Gaspee affair Hutchinson letters affair Boston Tea Party Philadelphia Tea Party Powder Alarm...

Association in what would become Tennessee declares itself independent (May) Gaspee Affair (June 9) Somerset v Stewart A British court ruling confirms that there...

still dominated the market in New York and Philadelphia. In the 1772 Gaspee affair, colonists attacked and burned a British navy ship enforcing British...

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