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ON THIS DAY IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
June 12, 1775
British General Thomas Gage
Declares Martial Law in Massachusetts
On this day in 1775, British General Thomas Gage declared martial law in Massachusetts during the American
Revolutionary War.
Gage ordered his troops do spare all colonists who would lay down their arms except for Samuel Adams and John
Hancock who were to be hanged.
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