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British general in North America during the years preceding the outbreak
of the American Revolution. He first came to America to serve in Edward
Braddock's expedition of 1775, and he was subsequently active in several
campaigns against the French. Appointed (1760) governor at Montreal, he
went to New York in 1763 as commander-in-chief of the British forces. In
1774 he became governor of Massachusettes, where he attempted to quell
agitation and enforce the Intolerable Acts. It was gage who ordered the
troopa to Lexington and Concord in April 1775. After the Battle of Bunker
Hill, he was recalled to Engalnd.
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- persoon : 1992 Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. Leach, Douglas Edward
