373 The Gaspee Affair, 1772

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The so-called “March to the American Revolution” comprised many more events than just the Stamp Act Riots, the Boston Massacre, and the Tea Crisis. One event we often overlook played an essential and direct role in the events needed to draw the thirteen rebellious British North American colonies into a union of coordinated response. That event was the Gaspee Affair in 1772. Adrian Weimer, a professor of history at Providence College, has been researching the Gaspee Affair and what it can tell us about the constitutional balance between the British Empire and its colonies. She leads us on an investigation of the Gaspee Affair. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/373 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 112: The Tea Crisis of 1773 🎧 Episode 118: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island 🎧 Episode 144: The Common Cause of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 153: Committees and Congresses: Governments of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 309: Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century 🎧 Episode 325: Everyday People of the American Revolution REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter👩‍💻 BFW Listener Community🌍 The History Explorers Club LISTEN 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
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0:09.0	And Green says, well show me your papers. Are you legit? Are you a
0:13.3	pirate or are you a real Royal Navy officer? And the officer refuses to show his
0:17.9	papers. He shoves Green around. He actually punches him. He pushes him into his
0:21.8	cabin and he locks the door.
0:24.0	Hello and he locks the door.
0:27.0	Hello and welcome to episode 373 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:37.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:42.2	early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:46.0	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:49.0	The American Revolution comprised many memorable events.
0:52.0	The Stamp Act riots of 1765, the Tea Crisis of 1773, the coercive or intolerable
0:59.0	acts of 1774, the many battles of the War for independence and of course the Declaration of Independence.
1:06.7	But the so-called March to Revolution comprised many more events than just the Stamp-back
1:11.0	riots, the Boston Massacre, and the Tea Crisis.
1:13.9	One event that we often overlooked played an essential and direct role in the events needed
1:18.7	to draw the 13 British North American colonies together into a union of coordinated response, an event that
1:25.1	played a direct role in the formation of the Inter-colonial Committees of Correspondence and
1:29.6	the First Continental Congress.
1:31.8	That event was the Gasp Bay Affair of 1772.
1:36.2	Adrian Weimer, a professor of history at Providence College, has been researching the Gas
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