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The Burning of His Majesty's Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution (Journal of the American Revolution Books)
Steven Park
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Description for The Burning of His Majesty's Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution (Journal of the American Revolution Books)
Hardcover. Considered one of the first acts of rebellion to British authority over the American colonies, a fresh account placing the incident into historical context Num Pages: 246 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773-a period historians refer to as "the lull"-a group of prominent Rhode Islanders rowed out to His Majesty's schooner Gaspee,which had run aground six miles south of Providence while on an anti-smuggling patrol. After threatening and shooting its commanding officer, the raiders looted the vessel and burned it to the waterline. Despite colony-wide sympathy for the June 1772 raid, neither the government in Providence nor authorities in London could let this pass without a response. As a result, a Royal Commission of Inquiry headed by Rhode Island ... Read more
Between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773-a period historians refer to as "the lull"-a group of prominent Rhode Islanders rowed out to His Majesty's schooner Gaspee,which had run aground six miles south of Providence while on an anti-smuggling patrol. After threatening and shooting its commanding officer, the raiders looted the vessel and burned it to the waterline. Despite colony-wide sympathy for the June 1772 raid, neither the government in Providence nor authorities in London could let this pass without a response. As a result, a Royal Commission of Inquiry headed by Rhode Island ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Westholme Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1293 g
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Yardley, United States
ISBN
9781594162671
SKU
V9781594162671
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Ref
99-15
About Steven Park
STEVEN PARK is the director of Academic Services at the University of Connecticut's maritime campus where he teaches maritime studies. He received his PhD in history from the University of Connecticut, and his articles have appeared in a number of publications, including International Maritime History, American Neptune, Journal of the American Revolution, and Connecticut History Review.
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