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Thought colonial soldiers had fired on them
Boston, MA
Colonial minutemen and British troops clashed at Lexington, followed by open battle at Concord later in the day.
At Lexington, 8 Americans were killed and 10 wounded. At Concord and on the march back to Boston, the Redcoats killed 2 more Americans. When the Redcoats reached Boston, 250 British soldiers had been killed or wounded.
700 soldiers of the British Army had been ordered to Concord to take possession of a rebel arms depot. The rebels had been tipped off and were waiting for them. What I have found was the Battle of Lexington and Concord at first were forces from Britain and the Colonies facing each other without fighting. There is a POSSIBILITY that the famous "shot fired heard round the world" that began the battle and the war was actually a hunter in the nearby forest which triggered nervous soldiers into battle.
The fighting at Lexington and Concord began after than the British passed more tax laws. I believe on my opinion that the British soldiers said fire and that's how the fighting began,
Thought colonial soldiers had fired on them
Lexington and Concord, Mass were the sites of the battles.
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington. Indeed the British troops engaged at Lexington were the same who had to carry on the march to Concord.
At dawn on April 19.
Concord.
Paul Revere
lexington and concord
General thomas gage
Concord and Lexington
The British troops moved on Lexington and Concord in an attempt to seize a reported arms cache, and to attempt the capture of John Hancock and Samuel Adams.