Gaspee Days
Gaspee Days
Short excerpt from America’s Library article:
Gaspee Days
The Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773, is the best known of the early protests by U.S. Colonists against British rule. But it actually followed another conflict that some people refer to as the “first real blow for freedom.” Have you heard of it?
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- incident
- unfairness
- enforce
- smuggle
- crew
- vessel
- stranded
- shallow
- costume
- lure
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Gaspee Days
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