Gov. Gage decides he does not have a large enough army to control the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The armed colonists who confronted his regulars in the summer of 1774 are too numerous. Gage barricades his army in Boston and sends frantic letters to London calling for reinforcements.
With that, royal authority over the colony is limited to Boston itself. Patriots control everything else. The Suffolk Meeting under Joseph Warren produces a series of resolves on how to handle the current crisis. The Resolves essentially announce that the Patriots have taken control of the colony and would only return control to London after repeal of the Coercive Acts.
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ARP276 Mutiny in the Continental Army
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ARP274 Greene Takes Command
ARP273 Fishdam Ford and Blackstock
ARP272 Chasing the Swamp Fox
ARP271 Advancing on Detroit
ARP270 Stone Arabia & Klock’s Field
ARP269 The Ballston Raid
AR-SP19John Burgoyne, with Norman Poser
ARP268 King’s Mountain
ARP267 Battle of Charlotte
AR-SP18 Nathanael Greene with Salina Baker
ARP266 Hanging Major André
ARP265 Arnold’s Treason Revealed
ARP264 Arnold Commits Treason
ARP263 Hartford Conference
ARP262 Piqua Raid
ARP261 Augusta Raid
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