Return of the Country Party: Patriotic Immigration Reform Winning in Rhode Island By Matthew Richer
On June 9, 1772, H.M.S. Gaspee, a British schooner enforcing tariffs, ran aground during low tide. Before a rising tide could lift the vessel, a group of Rhode Islanders rowed out and boarded it. They easily defeated the crew, shot and wounded an officer, and set the Gaspee ablaze.
The American Revolution had begun.
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