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On This Day: American War of Independence: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law... (1775)

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On June 12, 1775: American War of Independence: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be o...

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