The royal governor, Thomas Gage, responded to the militia preparations in Massachusetts by:
A) ordering the construction of fortifications across the small strip of land that connected Boston to the mainland.
B) organizing committees of correspondence for better communication with the colonists.
C) disbanding the Continental Army led by George Washington.
D) issuing the Declaratory Act which gave Parliament sweeping powers in the colonies.
E) convening the Second Continental Congress to seek conciliatory measures.
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