Episode 052: Salem Alarm & Hearts and Minds

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In February 1775, Gage attempts to grab a cache of Patriot cannon in Salem. Col. Alexander Leslie leads a regiment of regulars on what is supposed to be a surprise sail up the coast and a fast dash to Salem to grab the guns. Alert patriots run ahead of the soldiers and remove the weapons before the regulars arrive. After a brief standoff, the regulars return to Boston empty handed. A few weeks later, Boston commemorates the 5th anniversary of the Boston Massacre. Interaction with soldiers leads to panic and fear of arrest. As spring approaches, everyone awaits the beginning of the fighting season. On the eve of war, a majority of the colonies have begun governing themselves under illegal Provincial Congresses. The separation from Britain widens as London prepares to intervene. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Today, episode 52, the Salem Alarm, and hearts and minds.
0:55.4	The winter of 1774-75 left everyone with the expectation that war was inevitable. Massachusetts had formed its own government beyond the
1:05.7	King's authority. It was training its army and collecting munitions.
1:10.3	General Gage in Boston was calling for reinforcements trying to prevent an outbreak of violence
1:17.0	before those reinforcements came.
1:20.0	Officials in London were refusing to back down on anything or offer any serious compromise.
1:27.0	Further, they were writing letters to gauge demanding that he take action against the rampant acts of treason in his colony.
1:35.5	The rebellion clearly seemed to be spreading beyond Massachusetts itself, as was clear from
1:40.8	New Hampshire's military attack on a British fort that I discussed last week.
1:46.2	Also in a previous episode, I discussed General Gage's efforts to develop an effective spy network
1:52.4	throughout Massachusetts,
1:54.4	including co-opting Benjamin Church, a high-ranking Patriot leader.
1:59.6	The Patriots also developed a pretty thorough spy network of their own.
2:05.0	Patriot leaders seem to be aware of just about everything Gage was doing or even thinking.
2:11.2	They often received word of his instructions from London before he did.
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