#686-687 The Palmetto Tree's Impact on the American Revolution.
Fun Fact #686 To Gauge an enemy Upon returning home to Boston in June, 1773, Tomas Gauge (Military governor Of Massachusetts) became aware of several fiascos which had happened while he was away (Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, and The Committee of Safety Conspiracy). He immediately retook control and began enforcing “The Intolerable acts”. Upon learning of a continental congress and bribing Congressman Benjamin Church to act as a spy, Gauge learned of Both the Sons of Liberty and their growing weapon horde. Seeking to limit the power of the Sons, Gauge sent his troops to seize the Gunpowder held for militia cannons. While successful they learned afterwards of thousands of Militiamen who had been marching toward Cambridge to confront them, only to disband after they learned the powder had already been seized. This “Powder Alarm” set Gauge and his troops on high alert and he became much more cautious after the fact, even sending a letter to England asking for “a large foreign...
