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→Colonial era: The people of Boston laid down their arms, but the colonial Governor pursued a deception. The people could only escape after food ran out.
As noted in the ''Chronical'' of 1774, one of the most irritating actions the people were subjected to was the "seizing their arms and ammunition".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHpIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA489 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 44]</ref> The following year, King George extended the prohibition, and John Pownall, a member of Parliament, wrote to colonial governors that "His Majesty's Subjects in America should be informed of the Proclamation issued by order of the States General, prohibiting the exportation of Arms and Ammunition from their Dominions, in British Ships or in their own Ships."<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Colonial_Records_of_North_Carolina/_StIAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1186 The Colonial Records of North Carolina]</ref> As noted by historians [[Richard Frothingham Jr.|Richard Frothingham]] and [[David Ramsay]], during the [[Siege of Boston]] townspeople were forced to stay under the watchful eye of British guards unless they surrendered their arms and ammunition.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historysiegebos01frotgoog History of the siege of Boston, and of the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill], by [[Richard Frothingham Jr.]], p. 95</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_American_Revolution_A/jNJQjkeDinoC?hl=en&pg=PA168 The History of the American Revolution], by [[David Ramsay]], p. 168</ref>
As noted in the ''Chronical'' of 1774, one of the most irritating actions the people were subjected to was the "seizing their arms and ammunition".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHpIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA489 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 44]</ref> The following year, King George extended the prohibition, and John Pownall, a member of Parliament, wrote to colonial governors that "His Majesty's Subjects in America should be informed of the Proclamation issued by order of the States General, prohibiting the exportation of Arms and Ammunition from their Dominions, in British Ships or in their own Ships."<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Colonial_Records_of_North_Carolina/_StIAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1186 The Colonial Records of North Carolina]</ref> As noted by historians [[Richard Frothingham Jr.|Richard Frothingham]] and [[David Ramsay]], during the [[Siege of Boston]] townspeople were forced to stay under the watchful eye of British guards unless they surrendered their arms and ammunition.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historysiegebos01frotgoog History of the siege of Boston, and of the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill], by [[Richard Frothingham Jr.]], p. 95</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_American_Revolution_A/jNJQjkeDinoC?hl=en&pg=PA168 The History of the American Revolution], by [[David Ramsay]], p. 168</ref>
Patriots outside of Boston felt dearly for their fellow colonists stuck within Boston. When General Gage started delaying and making up excuses to let people leave, even after they complied with the King's gun control measures, people inside as well as outside of Boston felt even further undignified.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-uZqEanCRHIC&pg=PA483 Life and Times of Joseph Warren], p. 483</ref> [[Mercy Otis Warren]] noted that the "insulted" people of Boston, even after complying, were only able to get out after food provisions brought increasing civil disorder.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ECsqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA193 History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution], p. 193</ref>
One of the final documents prior to the [[Declaration of Independence]] was the [[Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms]], in which is written a reference to the events that happened during the Siege of Boston:
One of the final documents prior to the [[Declaration of Independence]] was the [[Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms]], in which is written a reference to the events that happened during the Siege of Boston: