Gaspee Point

Gaspee Point is a small peninsula on the west side of the southern reaches of the Providence River in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is bounded on the north by Passeonkquis Cove and on the south by Occupessatuxet Cove, and is accessible by Namquid Drive in Warwick.

Gaspee Point
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Gaspee Point in May 2017
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Location	Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
Coordinates	41°44′40″N 71°22′42″W
Built	1772
NRHP reference No.	72000018 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 8, 1972

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

Gaspée affair

Main article: Gaspee affair

Gaspee Point was the site of one of the first acts in the American Revolution when the Royal Navy's HMS Gaspee was grounded there by American patriots on June 9, 1772 in what became known as the Gaspée affair.

The Gaspee was a revenue schooner locally detested for its enforcement of the unpopular Navigation Acts. Patriots boarded and burned the ship during the night of June 9, 1772 in an act of open rebellion against the colonial-era governance of the British Empire.^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island