Congress named a Virginian , George Washington , to command the Continental Army, which is the military force that would carry out the fight against Britain. As Washington prepared for the was, the...
What happened in the battle of Lexington and Concord is that the "Red Coats" were coming to fight and they had come by sea; they came over to this place where the colonists had kept their weapons; as...
Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution, not a separate war. British soldiers were sent to seize militia arms and ammunition stored in Concord. They were intercepted...