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Hace 6 días · General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution.. Being born to an aristocratic family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War, where ...
General Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley, c. 1768. Early in the morning on September 1, 1774, approximately 250 British troops rowed up the Mystic River from Boston. They then marched to the Powder House, and having obtained the key from the local sheriff, removed the gunpowder from the magazine, and took it back to Boston.
22 de abr. de 2024 · The Powder Alarm of 1774 Summary. The 1774 Powder Alarm was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War. It took place when British General Thomas Gage ordered his troops to seize gunpowder and weapons from the storehouse in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
11 de ago. de 2023 · The University of Michigan William L. Clements Library has made available volumes 1-11 of the English Series of the Thomas Gage Papers. Thomas Gage was a famed British commander-in-chief in the decade leading up to the American Revolution and also the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1774 to 1775.
GAGE, THOMAS (1721-1787) , British general and governor of Massachusetts, second son of the first Viscount Gage, was born in 1721. He entered the army in 1741 and saw service in Flanders and in the campaign of Culloden, becoming lieutenant-colonel in the 44th foot in March 1751.
Thomas Gage nasce nel Sussex nel 1719 (o nei primi mesi del 1720), secondo figlio del Primo Visconte di Gage.Dopo gli studi si arruola nell'esercito e nel 1743 ottiene il grado di capitano e diviene aiutante in campo del Conte di Albemarle, dopo aver preso parte a diverse battaglie nel 1755 viene mandato, con il grado di tenente colonnello, a combattere in America nella guerra Franco-Indiana.
The Correspondence of General Thomas Gage ... Volume 1 of The Correspondence of General Thomas Gage, Thomas Gage Volume 11 of Yale historical publications: Manuscripts and edited texts: Author: Thomas Gage: Editor: Clarence Edwin Carter: Contributors: Frederick John Kingsbury Memorial Fund, Yale University. Dept. of History: Publisher: Yale ...
