Gaspee Affair of 1772. On June 9, 1772, a group of prominent merchants and Sons of Liberty led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown attacked, boarded, and burned the British Royal Navy customs schooner HMS Gaspee to the waterline in Narragansett Bay.The daring nighttime raid is widely celebrated as one of the very first acts of violent armed rebellion against British Crown authority in the Americas, predating the famous Boston Tea Party by more than a year.
: The Gaspee was aggressively enforcing British trade and customs laws and had been chasing a local American packet boat named the Hannah
The Gaspee ran hard aground on a sandbar off Namquit Point (in present-day Warwick, Rhode Island), awaiting the high tide.
Seizing an opportunity, local colonists rowed out from Providence, captured the crew, shot the commanding officer, and set the ship ablaze.
British authorities were outraged and offered massive rewards, but Rhode Islanders maintained a tight "wall of silence," and no one was ever convicted for the attack.
Lee Resolution presented to Continental Congress
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconds the motion.
Lee’s resolution declared: “That these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; that measures should be immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powers, and a Confederation be formed to bind the colonies more closely together.”
The 49th Regiment of Foot is ready to welcome everyone at the Northline Heritage Park for Taylor Colonial Days this weekend June 6 & 7 in Taylor, Michigan.
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Here is the schedule info for the Taylor event this weekend. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
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Amendments to The Quartering Act of 1774, passed by the British Parliament on June 2, 1774, was one of the five punitive measures known collectively as the Coercive Acts in Great Britain and the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies. Enacted in direct retaliation for the Boston Tea Party, this specific act sought to resolve a long-standing dispute over how and where British troops were housed in North America.
It bypassed uncooperative colonial legislatures and gave royal governors direct authority to find housing for British soldiers.
If local authorities failed to provide adequate barracks within 24 hours, governors could seize uninhabited buildings.
Troops could be legally billeted in empty houses, outhouses, barns, warehouses, or other unoccupied properties.
Officers were required to provide a "reasonable allowance" or payment to the property owners for utilizing these buildings.
TRY REENACTING!
Do you want to fire a musket, help crew a cannon, or just enjoy an evening around the fire?
Our Units are excited to host folks who want to try out the hobby.
They will supply the necessary gear and clothing for you (and your family) to join us for a weekend reenacting the American Revolution!
What are you in for? Read our “What Re-enacting with the NWTA Looks Like.”