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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
![]() Fort Frederick (Saint John, New Brunswick) | |||||||
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The Raid on Saint John took place on 27 August 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American privateers from Machias, [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay|] attacking Saint John, Nova Scotia on the northeast shore of the Bay of Fundy(in present day New Brunswick).[5][6][7][8] The privateers intended to stop the export of supplies being sent to the loyalists in Boston. This raid was the first hostile act committed against Nova Scotia and it resulted in raising the militia across the colony.[9]