What is the significance and outcome of the battle of concord?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston

Answer 3

The Battle of Concord is important because it was the first battle of the American Revolution. Furthermore, it bolstered the confidence of the colonists when they actually managed to defeat the British.