jun 9, 1772 - The Gaspee incident
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The HMS Gaspee a British customs ship, ran aground in Rhode Island and a Sons of Liberty group attacked and set fire to the ship. The Gaspee was chasing was chasing a merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods. The next night a group of men boarded the Gaspee. The Gaspee ran aground at a place that is now known as Gaspee Point. News of the grounding quickly reached Providence and a party of fifty-five, led by a man named John Brown, planned an attack on the ship. The following evening they surrounded and boarded the Gaspee, wounding Duddington and capturing the entire crew. All were hauled ashore and abandoned, to watch as the Gaspee was looted and then burned.
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