# Powder Alarm

> major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on September 1, 1774

**Wikidata**: [Q579159](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579159)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_Alarm)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013