General Thomas Gage, of the Army of Great Britain, arrives in Boston, Massachusetts to assume his duties as royal governor (military dictator).

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Subsequent Events:

References:

“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1037.

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