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The British fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War at Lexington, at dawn of Apr.19, 1775. A British column of 700 men, sent by General Gage to destroy the Colonists' military depot at Concord and capture the rebel leaders, Sam Adams and John Hancock, came across in 70 armed minutemen deployed on the village common. Though there no official command was given, the redcoats opened fire killing eight and wounding ten militiamen.

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