Bands of militiamen descended upon Cambridge, Massachusetts following news of Gage's removal of gun powder from the Somerville Powder House. the day prior. Gage's troops had left and nothing occurred. The militia had not been mustered by colonial authorities but was acting under its own volition.
But for the British departure, the Revolution may well have commenced a year prior to when it did.
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