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.
In April of 1775, British units were sent to Concord (Massachusetts), some 20 miles north of their station in Boston, in order to accomplish two objectives. First, they were to uncover and destroy arms hidden in the town. Second, they were to identify and arrest, if possible, several key rebel leaders rumored to be hiding in or around the town.
The soldiers were sent to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington and to seize gunpowder and other military supplies in Concord.
A British force marched on concord because they were getting ready in order to prepare for battle, i think.
British forces were given secret orders to capture and destroy rebel military supplies reportedly stored by the Massachusetts Militia at Concord.
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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.