the war of independence

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the war of independence


the events of 1773 and 1774 had culminated in a revolutionary crisis. and the events of 1775 were to determine weather the differences between england and the colonies would be compromised or fought out on the battlefield. in 1774, the colonists gave an ominous hint that it might be too late for compromise when they organized extra-legal provincial congresses to act as state governments. in fact most of the delegates to the first continental congress had been appointed by these governments.
in april 1775 general gage received orders to arrest some of the leaders of the massachusetts patriots. gage decided to go beyond these orders and to seize the military...