5: "Delenda est Bostonia:" a Congress, Paul Rides, & the First Shot at Lexington
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The First Shot of the American Revolutionary War
This is it. It's time to fire the first shot of the american revolutionary war. And as massachusetts new governor, general thomas gage, seeks to forestall it by seizing patriot munitions across the colony,. he'll ironically create just the conditions he hoped to prevent. Following the midnight ride of patriot messengers like paul revere, blood will spill in the town of lexington. In other words, last december's tea party has pushed the king over his limit. He wants parliament to do something. The inhabitants of the town of boston deserve punishment. Perhaps it may be objected that some few individuals may suffer on this account who ought not. But when the authority
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