{"id":2885,"date":"2026-07-04T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:08:05","slug":"reminder-american-revolution-began-when-the-british-came-for-our-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: American Revolution Began When The British Came For Our Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>The United States declared its independence from Great Britain 250 years ago, but the flashpoint of the Revolutionary War which led to the Declaration of Independence happened when British forces marched to seize the colonists\u2019 arms.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2883\">CIA\u2019s Counter Espionage Department Investigated Unvaccinated Employees, Lawsuit Alleges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Gage, serving as the British commander in Boston and royal governor of Massachusetts, acted on intelligence about stockpiled rebel arms, ammunition, artillery and provisions in Concord, Massachusetts. The goal was to disrupt preparations for armed resistance or rebellion following the Coercive Acts, which led to \u201cthe shot heard around the world\u201d during the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>(RELATED: Democrat Rep Proposes Australia-Style \u2018Buyback\u2019 For Your Suppressor)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SdwsUrq-x68?si=EU3zrsOw7rsjfSiV\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Historian Larry Schweikart noted that even before the battles, British military personnel were disarming colonists in the Boston area. \u201cAfter the Boston Massacre, Brit concerns escalated about armed mobs. They allowed people to leave Boston, but only without weapons,\u201d Schweikart told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>British plans to disarms the colonists predated the March 5, 1770, incident in which British troops fired on angry Bostonians, killing five and wounding six. Attorney Stephen Halbrook observed that plans to confiscate arms went back to the initial deployment of British troops to Boston in 1768.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrits viewed individual firearms as a threat, but knew they couldn\u2019t confiscate all, so they focused on the more organized forms of resistance such as cannon, powder and shot,\u201d Schweikart said. \u201cThey never believed the ordinary citizens (not yet viewed by them as \u2018militiamen\u2019) would form that level of resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schweikart added that the British only secured a victory during the Battle of Bunker Hill \u201cbecause the Americans ran out of ammo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Halbrook, who has extensively written about the origins of the Second Amendment for over 50 years, told the DCNF that gun confiscation was ultimately one of the issues that led to the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2881\">ROOKE: Kamala Harris Kisses The Ring In Clearest Sign She\u2019s Not Done Yet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLexington and Concord, then Boston, were just the first steps to disarm and put the Americans under foot. The Declaration of Causes of Taking Up Arms of July 6, 1775, protested Gage\u2019s seizure of arms from Boston\u2019s inhabitants,\u201d Halbrook said. \u201cMuch more conflict occurred by the time of the Declaration of Independence, which had an unwritten premise \u2013 the disarming and repression of the colonists \u2013 for what it described as the Crown\u2019s war on the Americans: \u2018But when a long train of abuses and usurpations\u2026evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Battles of Lexington and Concord, which also was caused in part by British forces attempting to capture resistance leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, had the effect of convincing those in the colonies that reconciliation with the British crown was no longer a viable possibility after the disputes over taxation without representation, University of Wyoming law professor George A. Mocsary observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe April 1775 arms seizures were not the whole cause of independence, but they were a decisive step that convinced Americans that reconciliation with Britain was no longer realistic,\u201d Moscary said. \u201cIn other words, the attempt to disarm the colonists at Lexington and Concord turned a political-constitutional crisis into a war. The Declaration of Independence explained why that war had made continued allegiance impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eight years after the Americans defeated the British, the states ratified the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as part of the Bill of Rights. \u201cA Well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,\u201d the amendment states.<\/p>\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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