If you are referring to the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775, there was a substantial store of military supplies (cannon, muskets, gunpowder, food, etc.) there and also John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying there and the British hoped to arrest them.
Concord
Concord.
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British army
After Lexington, the British went to Concord, Massachusetts.
After the skirmish on Lexington Common, the British army proceeded on to Concord. At the Old North Bridge in Concord, a force of milita repelled the British army and the British began to retreat back to Boston.
After the skirmish on Lexington Common, the British army proceeded on to Concord. At the Old North Bridge in Concord, a force of milita repelled the British army and the British began to retreat back to Boston.
compare was continental army and the british army.
When leader Thomas Gage heard there was a stockpile of weapons in Concord he decided to march his army and seize the supplies.
The British army then marched toward Concord, but were met there with superior numbers of Patriot forces and were forced to retreat back to Boston.
It gave them freedom
The British were going to collect dangerous weapons stored.