Gunpowder Incident
The Gunpowder Incident (or Gunpowder Affair) was a conflict early in the American Revolutionary War between Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, and militia led by Patrick Henry. On April 20, 1775, one day after the Battles of Lexington and Concord (and well before news of that event reached Virginia), Lord Dunmore ordered the removal of the gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia to a Royal Navy ship.
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Gunpowder Incident
The Gunpowder Incident (or Gunpowder Affair) was a conflict early in the American Revolutionary War between Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, and militia led by Patrick Henry. On April 20, 1775, one day after the Battles of Lexington and Concord (and well before news of that event reached Virginia), Lord Dunmore ordered the removal of the gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia to a Royal Navy ship.
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The Gunpowder Incident (or Gun ...... g royal control of the colony.
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威廉斯堡火药事件(The Gunpowder Inciden ...... 。然而,邓莫尔勋爵出于对自身安危的担忧,事后逃离了弗吉尼亚。
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火薬事件(かやくじけん、英: Gunpowder Incid ...... 亡したので、イギリスによるバージニア植民地の支配が終わった。
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1775-04-20
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British sailors remove military supplies
Militia uprising peacefully resolved
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The powder magazine in Williamsburg from which the gunpowder was removed
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The Gunpowder Incident (or Gun ...... Virginia to a Royal Navy ship.
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威廉斯堡火药事件(The Gunpowder Inciden ...... 。然而,邓莫尔勋爵出于对自身安危的担忧,事后逃离了弗吉尼亚。
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火薬事件(かやくじけん、英: Gunpowder Incid ...... 亡したので、イギリスによるバージニア植民地の支配が終わった。
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Gunpowder Incident
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威廉斯堡火藥事件
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火薬事件
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