Gaspee Affair: In an act of defiance against the British Navigation Acts, American patriots, led by Abraham Whipple

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9. Juni 1772

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41.70° N, 71.50° W

Platziert: area around the region it links, Rhode Island.

Gaspee Affair: In an act of defiance against the British Navigation Acts, American patriots, led by Abraham Whipple, attack and burn the British customs schooner HMS Gaspee off of Rhode Island.

1772 burning of a British navy schooner

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 Warwick, Rhode Island.

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