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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. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 1,...
On this date in 1774, British troops seized and removed gunpowder from a magazine in Charlestown, Mass., leading to what became known as the “Powder Alarm.” In effect, the move was a British gun control measure intended to limit the colonists’...
