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8 de jun. de 2018 · Gage, Thomas (1721–1787), British general and royal governor of Massachusetts.In the French and Indian War, Gage demonstrated personal courage on the battlefield, but little talent for command. His real skill was as an administrator, and he fully proved it as the military governor of Montréal from 1761 to 1763.
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.
Gage, Thomas. Fray Tomás de Santa María.. ¿Croyton?, Surrey (Reino Unido), c. 1602 – Jamaica, 1656.Cronista y religioso dominico (OP). Hijo de John Gage y Margaret Copley, estudió en el colegio jesuita de Saint Omer (Lovaina) y en los dominicos de San Gregorio o San Pablo (Valladolid), donde profesó en 1624, con el nombre de fray Tomás de Santa María.
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.
Thomas Gage. General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution . Thomas Gage, on February 20, 1773, already communicated to the ...
Thomas Gage, the British Commander-in-chief at the outset of the American War of Independence, has not inspired many biographies. Ably, he served in North America during the French and Indian War and stayed in the colonies after this conflict. He is best known for ordering British forces to Lexington and Concord and the costly British….
On June 17, 1775, Gage attempted to lift the siege by attacking rebel forces. The assault on Bunker Hill came at a terribly high price. The British suffered more than 1,000 dead and wounded, including nearly forty percent of the Army's officers. When Washington arrived outside Boston in July, Gage's command of the British Army was essentially over.
