A history of the United States . patriot, and member of the Massachusettslegislature from 1766 to 1772; became member of the Massachusetts ProvincialCongress in 1774; was exempted from pardon by Governor Gage in 1775; wasin Continental Congress from 1775 to 1780, and from 1785 to 1786; presidentof Congress from 1775 to 1777; signer of the Declaration of Independence,his bold signature standing first on the document; was commissioned asmajor general; delegate to Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1780;governor of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785, and from 1787 to 1792; liberallyused his
A history of the United States . patriot, and member of the Massachusettslegislature from 1766 to 1772; became member of the Massachusetts ProvincialCongress in 1774; was exempted from pardon by Governor Gage in 1775; wasin Continental Congress from 1775 to 1780, and from 1785 to 1786; presidentof Congress from 1775 to 1777; signer of the Declaration of Independence,his bold signature standing first on the document; was commissioned asmajor general; delegate to Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1780;governor of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785, and from 1787 to 1792; liberallyused his large fortune for patriotic and benevolent purposes. 104 CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION. [§141 141. Gages Purpose.—It was not long before blood wasshed. There were certain military stores at Concord, andGeneral Gage determined to seize them. For this purposehe dispatched very secretly about eight hundred men, underLieutenant Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn. The expeditionhad still another object. The king having ordered the arrest. John Hancock. of John Hancock and Samuel Adams, these leaders hadwithdrawn from Bostou and were the guests of a friend inLexington. Gage had learned where they were and had orderedtheir seizure by the troops bound for Concord. The Britishforce, after taking the greatest precautions for secrecy, left thecity on the night of the 18th of April. But the vigilant eye of apatriot, Dr. Warren, had detected the purpose of the movement. 142. The Ride of Paul Revere. — In spite of Gages ordersthat nobody should leave Boston that night, Paul Revere, a §143] THE CRISIS. 105 Boston goldsmith, succeeded in crossing the Charles River,—having previously attended to setting an alarm signal in the towerof the Old North Church, — and galloped by the Medford roadtoward Lexington, shouting at every house that the Britishwere coming. 143. Battles of Lexington and Concord.—The minuteraeninstantly assembled and drew up on Lexington Common tomeet the British when they
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