At the Time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,General

question 17

Multiple Choice

At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,General Thomas Gage,the commander of the British garrison in Boston,

• A) offered to resign his command to avoid war.
• B) arrested Sam Adams and John Hancock near Lexington.
• C) believed the colonists' calls for independence were justified.
• D) considered his army too small to act without reinforcements.
• E) was convinced that Americans would never actually dare to fight.

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