 Complete the following phrase:  On May 13, 1774, British General Thomas Gage arrived in Boston, a city with a history of violent protests against British policies. Given the problems he was inheriting from Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson, within a week of arriving Gage contacted Trumbull and expressed a readiness to cooperate with him for the good of his Majestys service. When Gage sent Trumbull a request for assistance after the 