THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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Question
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British governor, General Thomas Gage, of ____ was given orders by Britain to take action against the militia
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Pennsylvania
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Concord
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Massachusetts
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Lexington
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the spring of 1775, General Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, received instructions from Great Britain to seize all stores of weapons and gunpowder accessible to the American insurgents. On April 18, he ordered British troops to march against Concord and Lexington .
Detailed explanation-2: -By April 1775, reconciliation between England and the thirteen colonies had failed. Two months earlier, Parliament had declared Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion, and on April 14 General Thomas Gage received secret orders from England to suppress the rebels.
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