Episode 3 of 4
Escalation of Colonial Tensions
- When
- 1772
- Where
- Narragansett Bay and the Thirteen Colonies
- Part of
- Gaspee Affair
The affair sharply increased colonist-Crown tensions after the Boston Massacre and preceded the Boston Tea Party by more than a year.
The Gaspee affair sharply increased tensions between American colonists and Crown officials, particularly as it followed the Boston Massacre in 1770. Along with similar events in Narragansett Bay, it marked the first acts of violent uprising against Crown authority in British North America, preceding the Boston Tea Party by more than a year and moving the Thirteen Colonies toward the coming war for independence.
Sources
- Gaspee affair Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-12
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