Powder Alarm

It was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence

Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious - and willing to use gun control efforts to keep them in their place.

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Today in History: British Seizure of Gunpowder Leads to “Powder Alarm”

In effect, the move was a British gun control measure intended to limit the colonists' ability to arm themselves.

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