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Gaspee Days The Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773, is the best known of the early protests by U.S. Colonists against British rule. But it actually followed another conflict that some people refer to as the “first real blow for freedom.” Have you heard of it?

I. Vocabulary words from this article:

incident

unfairness

enforce

smuggle

crew

vessel

stranded

shallow

costume

lure

 

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II. Pre-Reading Questions

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Why would a steel-making city be important in the world?

 

III. Reading Time

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Gaspee Days

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IV. Post-Reading Questions

 

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