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.
the fighting in lexington an concord
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for the war
american?
The first two battles of the Revolutionary War were fought in Lexington and Concord, MA.
The Continental Army
April 19, 1775
The fighting at Lexington and Concord began after than the British passed more tax laws. I believe on my opinion that the British soldiers said fire and that's how the fighting began,
It happened in 1775.
it took place in 1775
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The colonists were trying to stop the British at Lexington from going on to Concord when the 77 men waited on the towns green for the soldiers.