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Hey, I'm starting a new feature this week.

Since we're getting into the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War this year,

I thought it would be interesting to give a short summary of exactly what was happening 250 years ago.

Each week, I'm going to plan to give a quick summary

of those events. Now, this is not going to replace our regular episodes, which will continue to be

released every weekend. This will be a midweek special episode with just a short summary of what's

going on 250 years ago. So, thanks for joining me on this inaugural edition of Revolution 250.

This week, we're going to take a look at the Salem raid, also known as Leslie's retreat.

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Let's begin by setting the scene. It's February 1775. General Thomas Gage had arrived in the

Massachusetts Bay Colony the summer before.

London had selected him to be the new military governor of Massachusetts and to command all British forces in North America.

Parliament had just passed the coercive acts, later called the intolerable acts,

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