Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage is a military officer. He was born in England approximated in 1721. He was the second son of Viscount Gage. Thomas entered the army when he was very young. When he finishes the process to begin to be a militar he was with the Braddock army, and they defeated the Monongahela army when he was lieutenant colonel and his job was to lead the fight.
Late in 1758 he married the daughter of Peter Kemble, that was the president of the council of New Jersey. Gage worked under Amherst in northern New York and Canada. On the capture of Montreal by the English in 1760 he was made military governor of that city. He was promoted to major-general, and in 1763 succeeded Amherst as commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America.
In 1774 he was successful in Hutchinson when he was as governor of Massachusetts. He also occupied Boston troops. He always Act under the instructions of his government not with his conscience and judgment, so he took decisions that brought armed resistance to British rule in the colonies. He demanded for 20,000 armed men at Boston but the ministry didn’t agree, and thought it was ridiculous believing that a few soldiers could accomplish all that was necessary to make the patriots cower.
On April 18/19, 1775, Gage ordered 700 men to march to Concord to capture colonial powder and guns. En route, active fighting began at Lexington and was continued at Concord. Though British troops were able to clear each town, they sustained heavy casualties during their march back to Boston.