Burning of the Gaspee Plate 1972 Gaspee Affair The Gaspee Affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. H.M.S. Gaspee was a British customs schooner that enforced the Navigation Acts in and around Newport, Rhode Island in 1772. It ran aground in shallow water while chasing the packet ship Hannah on June 9 near Gaspee Point in Warwick, Rhode Island. A group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown attacked, boarded, and […]
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