Reply #86: The FIRST NAVAL BATTLE of the Revolutionary War........ [View All]

[rucognizant]

Took place in Machias Maine in June, 1775, 40 Patriots armed with more pitchforks than guns, ( although they quickly appropriated the British guns/cannons, captured a British Naval Vessel..............which created the Merchant Marine.
Check with the M M National Office in DC..............They have made a CD telling the story.

What did these PATRIOTS WANT? FOOD, DESPERATELY NEEDED FOOD! THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO SWEAR ALLEGENCE TO THE CROWN, TO RECIEVE THEIR WINTER STORES SHIPPED IN FROM BOSTON. Not taxation with out representation......SURVIVAL! ( without groveling) That PRECEEDED the Declaration of Independence by a year.
That was the 3rd leg of the support for the forming of this country that I KNOW about
Boston Tea Party,/ Greenwich NJ Tea Burning in the square. ( would have clogged the small Cohansey Creek., Dec 1774,/ and Machias Naval Battle June 1775
I'm sure there were other actions around the colonies that we don't know about.
ALL BEFORE JULY 1776!