To confiscate guns and gun powder stored there.
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The British did not capture Concord.
After Lexington, the British went to Concord, Massachusetts.
British general Thomas Gage had heard that the colonial militia had a major weapon storehouse there. In reaction, he sent his soldiers to destroy it.
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Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution, not a separate war. British soldiers were sent to seize militia arms and ammunition stored in Concord. They were intercepted by the Minutemen at Lexington Green but the resistance was brief and the Americans withdrew with a few casualties. When the British reached Concord, the Americans had gained additional support and the ‘shot heard around the world’ was fired. The British column retreat turned into a rout under heavy sniping.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are widely known as the first physical conflict between British forces and the rebelling colonists. The 700-strong British regulars under the command of Francis Smith were sent to Concord with secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies stored there by the Massachusetts militiamen.
In April 1775, the Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. British troops were sent to confiscate colonial weapons stored in Concord, Massachusetts. However, local militia, alerted by Paul Revere and others, confronted the British at Lexington, leading to the first shots fired. The skirmish escalated as the British continued to Concord, where they faced significant resistance from colonial forces, ultimately retreating under heavy fire.
The event that started the Revolutionary war was the Battle of Lexington and Concord. 700 men were sent by the British to disarm the rebels in Concord, Massachusetts. The minutemen in Massachusetts were pre warned and waiting for the Brits when they arrived.
One of the many things that sent colonists into a fight to gain freedom from England were some of the British acts including the Quartering Act. This act forced the people of Concord to house British soldiers whenever they came looking for a place to stay.
according to research, the british herd there were weapons hidden at concord and Lexington.
It took about 7 miles to get from Lexington to Concord.