Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious – and willing to use gun control efforts to keep them in their place.
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Maharrey – British Seizure of Gunpowder Leads to “Powder Alarm”
American History Central – The Powder Alarm of Massachusetts
David Kopel – How the British Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution
John Andrews Letter (1 Sept 1774)
JL Bell – Exaggerated Accounts
John Adams Diary (6 Sept 1774)
JL Bell – Israel Putnam and an express from Boston
JL Bell – Forcing Resignations
Episode – It Was Gun Control: What Started the War for Independence
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