accumulated an arsenal of weapons
thomas hooher
Thomas Paine's Common Sense motivated the colonists to take action against the British.
Thomas Paine
The pamphlet written by Thomas Payne was called Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
It was about getting the colonists to start a rebellion against Britain and to gain independence from Britain.
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense as well as The Crisis, and encouraged the colonists to rebel against Britain. He was considered a significant inspiration to the Patriots.
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Jefferson emphasizes that the colonists
General Thomas Gage. After the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the British government suspended all self-government there and put the area under the control of the British army with General Gage as governor. Gage as general learned that the colonists were gathering weapons in Concord in case of a revolution, and he sent British troops to capture them. When the troops encountered the colonial militias, the first battles of the Revolution took place, the Battles of Lexington and Concord. When the colonists issued the Declaration of indepencence and the Revolutionary War began, Gage was the general in charge of all British trrops in the colonies.
Thomas Jefferson.
The Colonists, led by George Washington fought the British Army, led by General Cornwallis.