2 Cent History

Part 2 of a 5 Part Series focusing on the start of the American Revolution on April 19th 1775.  Gage attempts to keep an armed conflict from occurring by removing the Patriot's means to fight a war.  The Patriots position an arsenal for an army of some 15,000 at Concord... less than 25 miles from Boston and the regulars.  Gage receives "get tough" orders from London... and draws up plans to dispatch a large force and destroy the arsenal at Concord.