In response to the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. At this stage, Congress does not think of itself as a government, but as a means to counter the bullying of Great Britain. British troops are sent to Boston, and the governor General Gage receives orders to gain control of the interior. It is not immediately clear to the British and even to many Americans, that the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord are the first battles of a war. Many see them as simply another example of the tensions that have been plaguing Anglo-American relations for years. But whether or not they recognize it, the war for independence has begun.

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First Continental Congress, General Gage, Concord, Lexington, colonial leaders, American society, war for independence, Colonial America

American History, American Studies, U.S. Colonial History, Unfinished Nation, The

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