There were two skirmishes between American colonial militia and regular British troops, who were on an expedition into the Massachussets countryside to confiscate weapons. It was the first armed battles between British forces and colonial patriots in the American revolution.
Nothing. Everything that happened in Lexington and Concord occurred on April 19th, 1775.
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The famous battles that began the American Revolutionary War, at Lexington and at Concord, began early in the morning of April 19, 1775. In Lexington at first light, colonial militia troops assembled and faced off with the advancing British soldiers. Dispersed quickly by British shots, the Americans met the British again at Concord later in the day, where the reinforced colonials drove back their enemy then harassed them during their long march back to Boston.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were important for they were the first battles of the Evolutionary War. These battles occurred on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex county which is a province of then Massachusetts Bay (now just Massachusetts) within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Mentomy (now Arlington), and Cambridge. These towns are just outside of Boston.
The battles of Lexington and Concord are two battles fought on the same day , April 18, 1775, and were the first shots in the Revolutionary War. Coming from Boston to seize colonial military stores at Concord, Mass., a British force of 700 was met at Lexington by 77 local minutemen Resistance soon ended. The British moved on to nearby Concord, where they were met by more than 300 American patriots and were forced to withdraw. On their march back to Boston, they were continually shot at by colonists firing from behind barns, trees, and roadside walls. Deaths totaled 273 British and 95 Americans. The long term outcome was the declaration of independence and the Revolutionary War which lasted for five years, resulted in the surrender of the British and the formation of the United States of America.
Lexington Green during the Revolutionary War was the place where Paul Revere took his famous ride in 1775 to warn of the British army approaching. This is also a place where the British were trying to capture who they thought were the most troublesome, Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
April 18, 1775. Lexington happened in the morning. Concord later that afternoon.
April 18, 1775. Lexington happened in the morning. Concord later that afternoon.
Both battles occurred on April 19, 1775.
On April 19, 1775, American soldiers exchanged gun fire with British soldiers in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord ... These shots would soon become the first of the American Revolutionary War ...
First Battle of Lexington happened on 1861-09-13.
This occurred on April 18, 1775 during Revere's ride from Boston to Lexington and on to Concord, MA. Actually, he said, "The regulars are coming."
Lexington and Concord was a event that happened in 1775. The Sons of Liberty were storing guns and ammunition in Concord, but on the night of April 18 a patrol of British troops came ashore in Charlestown to go to Concord to collect the guns. Three colonial men were assigned the task to warn the men in Concord, but of the three only one made it to the town. Revere was stopped by a British patrol and his horse taken away. Dawes fell off his horse leaving Dr. Prescott to finish the ride. None of them yelled " the British are coming " because EVERYONE was British. In Lexington the 77 men of the town were waiting for the British and someone fired a shot starting a small battle. Several men died and the British burned houses then moved on to Concord. When they got to Concord colonists were waiting for them and a battle took place at the bridge of Concord, but that wasn't the end of it. As the British marched back to Boston colonists shot at them from behind fences and trees. The British thought this was poor form. The troops were in bad shape by the time reached Boston. The legend that is told about this event comes from Longfellow in 1861 when he wrote a poem about the ride of Revere.
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April 18, 1775
The famous battles that began the American Revolutionary War, at Lexington and at Concord, began early in the morning of April 19, 1775. In Lexington at first light, colonial militia troops assembled and faced off with the advancing British soldiers. Dispersed quickly by British shots, the Americans met the British again at Concord later in the day, where the reinforced colonials drove back their enemy then harassed them during their long march back to Boston.
it took began on April 18 1775
The purpose was the generale sent soldiers to go arrest the patriot leaders. But Paul Revere and William Dawes, members of the sons of liberty, went on a night ride on April 18 to warn Hancock and Adams that british soldiers were on there way. When the British arrived in lexington on April 19, they found minutemen waiting for them.