General Gage launches a raid towards the town of Concord to seize stores of war materiel. However, his plan is discovered and countryside near Boston sounds the alarm. Captain John Parker summarizes the situation well; "If they mean to have a war, let it begin here!'

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We begin a new series on the American Revolution! North America was a contest for the ambitions of European Powers. After the Seven Years War, the British would emerge victorious and would seize large areas from France and Spain, but was left with crushing debt. Parliment's solution was to tax the American Colonies.

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In 1524 Vasco da Gama made his third and final voyage to India. This man who had discovered the sea passage to India, returned not as an explorer but as an administrator. He would oversea a massive trade empire that now streched over four continent and set a precedence that every other nation was eager to copy.

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