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The colonists seen that they were out numbered, and turned around to go back. As they were leaving a shot was fired and it started the battle of Lexington and Concord.

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When British troops tried to seize colonists weapons in concord Massachusetts the colonial militia drove the troops back to Boston

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What happened when colonists fought British troops at Concord.?

They decided to give it to King James.


Were did the british go after Lexington?

After Lexington, the British went to Concord, Massachusetts.


Where did British troops fired on colonists?

Lexington and Concord


What did the British learn about the colonists at Lexington and Concord?

nothing


Who was responsible for starting the Concord and Lexington?

the British and the colonists!


What were the colonists trying to hide from the british at concord and lexington?

according to research, the british herd there were weapons hidden at concord and Lexington.


Which action by the colonists could be categorized an an act of civil disobedience?

Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France, Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors, Firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor


What happened at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.


What is the name of the state was the first shot in revolutionary war?

The "shot heard round the world" was fired in Concord, Massachusetts, thus starting armed combat between the colonists and the British.


What brought the clash between the colonists and the British at Lexington and Concord?

taxes


Did the British destroy the Concord weapons?

No. The colonists were tipped off that the British were coming and moved the weapons.


What town in Massachusetts did the British troops search for weapons and gunpowder?

Concord