Considered one of the first acts of rebellion to British authority over the American colonies; a fresh account placing the incident into historical context Between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773—a period historians refer to as “the lullâ€â€”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 governor Joseph Wanton zealously investigated the incident. In The Burning of His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution; historian Steven Park reveals that what started out as a customs battle over the seizure of a prominent citizen’s rum was soon transformed into the spark that re-ignited Patriot fervor. The significance of the raid was underscored by a fiery Thanksgiving Day sermon given by a little-known Baptist minister in Boston. His inflammatory message was reprinted in several colonies and was one of the most successful pamphlets of the pre-Independence period. The commission turned out to be essentially a sham and made the administration in London look weak and ineffective. In the wake of the Gaspee affair; Committees of Correspondence soon formed in all but one of the original thirteen colonies; and later East India Company tea would be defiantly dumped into Boston Harbor.
#1031152 in Books Norman L Geisler Frank Turek 2003-02-12 2003-02-12Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.13 x .62 x 6.00l; .82 #File Name: 1592441521272 pagesLegislating Morality Is It Wise Is It Legal Is It Possible
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