The American Revolution might have stalled without a group of furious New England fishermen.

Banned from fishing by Britain, they swapped nets for muskets, and their boats became some of America's first warships.

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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.

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