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On April 21, 1775, two days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord (and well before news of those events reached Virginia), Lord Dunmore ordered the removal of the gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia, to a Royal Navy ship. This action sparked local unrest, and militia companies began mustering throughout the colony.
A similar event, also called The Powder Alarm, occurred in Virginia in April, 1775. Although it proved to be a false alarm, the Powder Alarm caused political and military leaders to proceed more carefully in the days ahead, and essentially provided a "dress rehearsal" for the Battles of Lexington and Concord seven and a half months later ...
As soon as its destination was known, Major John Pedrick of Marblehead rode "across lots" to Salem, and gave the alarm. Arrived at Salem, where the movement was delayed at New Mills by the tearing up of the bridge over South River, the troops were guided by a Loyalist towards "North Fields," a section reached by a drawbridge over North River.
April 19, 1775: Massachusetts: American insurgent victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses. [3] Siege of Boston: April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776: Massachusetts: American victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Americans fortify Dorchester heights [4] Gunpowder Incident* April 20, 1775: Virginia
Gunpowder Incident, Virginia (April 20) Skenesboro, New York (now Whitehall, New York) captured by Lieutenant Samuel Herrick (May 9) Fort Ticonderoga captured by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys (May 10), American victory; Second Continental Congress meets (May 10) Battle of Machias (June 11–12)
Royal proclamation against Henry, 1775. On April 21, 1775, Governor Dunmore had the Royal Marines under his command seize gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg and take it to a naval ship. The gunpowder belonged to the government, to be issued in case of need, such as a slave uprising. Dunmore's actions outraged many Virginians.
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In Virginia, the royal governor resisted. In the Gunpowder Incident of April 20, 1775, Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, removed gunpowder stored in Williamsburg to a British warship in the James River. Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and was trying to deprive Virginia militia of supplies needed for insurrection.