EPISODE · Jun 8, 2021 · 18 MIN
17. FORGOTTEN HISTORY: The First Violence of the American Revolution
from Weird Island · host sara elizabeth corben
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History books seem to have forgotten that Rhode Island was responsible for the first bloodshed of the American Revolution. On June 9, 1772, over a year before the Boston Tea Party, Rhode Islanders attacked, boarded, and burned the British HMS Gaspee--sparking the unification of the colonies against the crown.
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17. FORGOTTEN HISTORY: The First Violence of the American Revolution
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