Steps to Revolution

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June 10, 1772

Steps to Revolution

A significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution took place just miles from the College. The British customs schooner HMS Gaspee ran aground in Warwick. In one of the earliest acts of resistance to British rule, Providence-based members of the Sons of Liberty, led by John Brown, seized the opportunity to board and burn the ship.

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