Gen. Gage travels to Boston to replace Hutchinson as the new Governor of Massachusetts. The tough talking Gage had assured officials in London he could use firmness to enforce colonial compliance with the Coercive Acts, most of which were still under debate when he left London. Gage soon discovers that the threat of force only goads the heavily armed colonsits to threaten force of their own. Gage soon finds himself behind barricades in Boston, having lost control of the rest of the colony. The Port of Boston is closed, but other changes mandated by London cannot be enforced outside of Boston.
Over the summer and fall of 1774, Massachusetts and the other colonies only hear more news of intolerable acts passed in London. Calls for cutting off all trade with England entirely leads to the call for a Continental Congress to discuss colonial options in developing a united response.
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ARP170 Whitemarsh
ARP169 Articles of Confederation
ARP168 Forts Mercer and Mifflin
AR-SP02 Author Kurt Avard on his book "First, Do No Harm"
ARP167 Defending the Delaware
ARP166 Surrender at Saratoga
ARP165 Bemis Heights (2nd Saratoga)
ARP164 Forts Clinton and Montgomery
AR-SP01 Dr. Ronald Gibbs on Medical Care and the Revolution
ARP163 Germantown
ARP162 Raid on Fort Ticonderoga
ARP161 Freeman's Farm (First Saratoga)
ARP160 Paoli Massacre & Fall of Philadelphia
ARP159 Battle of the Clouds
ARP158 Battle of Brandywine
ARP157 British Landing and Cooch's Bridge
ARP156 The Siege of Fort Henry
Episode 155 The Battle of Bennington
Episode 154 John Stark Raises an Army
Episode 153 Staten Island and Setauket
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