It was harder to find jobs and less survival resources when moving to the coast. As America industrialized, the people started to migrate more towards the west especially when railroads were beginning to attach.
<span>It provided badly needed funds and naval support.</span>
Thomas Gage, also known as General Gage was responsible for sending those troops for ammunition.
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