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At the very beginning of the revolution, Thomas Gage was Britain's military commander of all of North America. In the 1760's as tensions rose, he moved troops to large cities such as Boston and New York. The movements of troops and lack of housing for them would ultimately lead to the Quartering Act, one of many sparks that began the Revolution. His placement of troops in Boston led to the Boston Massacre. He remained in a position of power through the early battles such as Lexington and Concord as well as Bunker Hill.

Major General William Howe led the attack at Bunker Hill. In 1775 Gage returned to England and Howe became Commander in Chief of the British Army in America. He fought several campaigns during the Revolution including New York and Philadelphia.

John Burgoyne was a major general of the British army most noted for his loss at Fort Ticonderoga.

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