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Born 1721 • England
Died April 2, 1787 (aged 66) • England
Title / Office governor (1774-1775), Massachusetts
Role In American Revolution • Battle of Bunker Hill • Battles of Lexington and Concord • Intolerable Acts

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portrait of Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley
Boston Harbor
Thomas Gage
Historical map of the Battle of Bunker Hill showing the Charlestown Peninsula north of Boston, with American forces marked in blue defending positions on Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. British forces' positions and advances are shown in red, illustrating their three assault waves from landing points along the Mystic River toward the American lines, as well as the direction of the American retreat. The map includes colonial and present-day shorelines and key locations such as Charlestown, Boston,
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