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"The American victory contributed to the eventual start of the war at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts three years later."

This statement is just wrong. Gaspee was not an American "victory", victory is a term for domination by one military body over another. The British were not dominated. The Gaspee Affair was a successful action by irregular local forces organized spontaneously and opportunistically to take advantage of the grounding of the Gaspee.

The Gaspee Affair contributed much more directly to the Boston Tea Party which followed 18 months later. Notably, during this time the participants in the Gaspee affair were neither captured or punished in spite of strong efforts by the Crown. The Boston Tea Party was a larger but similar affair, also organized by members of the Sons of Liberty, involving the taking charge of a marine vessel, and being a protest over revenue collection.

Approximate timeline:

Boston Massacre      5 Mar 1770 Gaspee Affair        10 Jun 1772 Boston Tea Party     16 Dec 73 Intolerable Acts     Spring 1775 Lexington/Concord    19 April 1975 Bunker Hill          17 Jun 1775

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Joel Gruhn Barrington RI

70.181.44.89 (talk) 19:33, 26 August 2019 (UTC)