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Gaspee affair
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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 177
1886 engraving of the burning of Gaspee by the Sons of Liberty
1886 engraving of the burning of Gaspee by the Sons of Liberty
HMS Gaspee
HMS Gaspee
August 1883 Harper's Magazine illustration of HMS Gaspee's burning
August 1883 Harper's Magazine illustration of HMS Gaspee's burning
Mock HMS Gaspee during 2023 Gaspee Days parade
Mock HMS Gaspee during 2023 Gaspee Days parade
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in the prelude to the American Revolution in Boston, in what was then the colony of the
Gaspee affair
…to the waterline. The event sharply increased tensions between American colonists and Crown officials, particularly given that it had followed the Boston Massacre in 1770. Crown officials in Rhode Island aimed to increase their control over the colony's legitimate trade and stamp out smuggling in order to increase…
The Bloody Massacre by Paul Revere, a 1770 engraving depicting the Boston Massacre in March 1770
The Bloody Massacre by Paul Revere, a 1770 engraving depicting the Boston Massacre in March 1770
Old State House in Boston, the capital of the Province of Massachusetts during the colonial era from 1713 to 1776; the cobblestone circle is labeled "
Old State House in Boston, the capital of the Province of Massachusetts during the colonial era from 1713 to 1776; the cobblestone circle is labeled "Site of the Boston Massacre", but the Boston Massacre occurred nearby on what now is a busy Boston street.
A variation of Paul Revere's famous engraving, produced just prior to the American Civil War, which emphasizes Crispus Attucks, the black man in the c
A variation of Paul Revere's famous engraving, produced just prior to the American Civil War, which emphasizes Crispus Attucks, the black man in the center who became an important symbol for abolitionists.
A grave marker for the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, where those killed in the Boston Massacre were buried
A grave marker for the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, where those killed in the Boston Massacre were buried