In 1775, the Royal Navy’s cruel attack backfired, spurring on the American colonies’ nascent rebellion. By the autumn of 1775, the six-month- old American Revolution had already devolved into a stalemate, at least on land. Maj. Gen. George Washington’s ragtag Continental army of 16,000 men had bottled up Lt. Gen. Thomas Gage’s 6,000-man British army …
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