History
The Gaspee refers to a royal naval ship that was in patrolling the waters of Rhode Island for any smugglers. It described the British revenue schooner that was set on fire in Narragansett Bay in the year 1772 by the people on Rhode Island. The burning of the Gaspee marked an essential event during the introduction of the American Revolution. This event occurred or rather signified the burning of the British revenue cutter through a small ship that guarder the coast. It brought about the Americans putting the ship’s crew ashore in order to avoid anyone getting hurt. This incidence ...
