| Gaspee Point | |
| Coordinates: | 41.7444°N -71.3783°W |
| Location: | Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Built: | 1772 |
| Added: | June 8, 1972 |
| Refnum: | 72000018 |
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.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
See 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.[1]