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Thomas Gage was a British general best known for his role as the military governor of Massachusetts Bay and commander of British forces at the onset of the American Revolutionary War. He ordered the British marches to Lexington and Concord in April 1775, which ignited the Revolutionary War following the battles there.
Sir Thomas Gage (1719 – 2 avril 1787) est un général qui a commandé en chef des forces britanniques en Amérique du Nord de 1763 à 1775. Il s'est notamment illustré lors des premières années de la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis .
Thomas Gage was a dedicated military commander and colonial official, but his unyielding personality contributed to his inability to stem the growth of revolutionary fervor during a crucial time in British history. Gage was born at Firle, Sussex, England, a descendant of a Norman family dating to the Conquest.
Thomas Gage (General) Thomas Gage. Hon. Thomas Gage (* 10. März 1719 in Firle, Sussex; † 2. April 1787, Isle of Portland, Dorset) war ein britischer General und Oberbefehlshaber der Nordamerikastreitkräfte von 1763 bis 1778 während des beginnenden Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges .
Major General Thomas Gage was commander-in-chief of British forces in North America and governor of Massachusetts Bay during some of the most chaotic years of the American Revolution. Born in late 1719 or early 1720, Gage attended Westminster School in central London from 1728 to 1736.
Thomas Gage. (1721–87). The British general Thomas Gage successfully commanded all British forces in North America for more than 10 years (1763–74). However, he failed to stem the tide of rebellion as the British military governor of Massachusetts (1774–75) at the outbreak of the American Revolution. Gage was born in Firle, Sussex, England.
Thomas Gage (1719 – April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander in chief of the British North American forces from 1763 to 1775. His aggressive actions against the colonists contributed to the hostilities between the American colonies and the United Kingdom and serve as a direct cause of the American Revolutionary War .
