Concord.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought between British forces consisting of British Army, British Marines and Royal Artillery and Colonial American "Minutemen" formally known as the Militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
The battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington saw 700 British troops fighting against 70 Minutemen of the local militia.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
The Minutemen were Americans
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought between British forces consisting of British Army, British Marines and Royal Artillery and Colonial American "Minutemen" formally known as the Militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
The battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington saw 700 British troops fighting against 70 Minutemen of the local militia.
Colonial minutemen and British troops clashed at Lexington, followed by open battle at Concord later in the day.
The Battle of Lexington marked the first fighting between the American minutemen and the British redcoats. The Colonists won the battle.
The first battle of the American Revolution was the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. British troops were ordered to seize American colonial military supplies in Concord. Colonial militia confronted the British in Lexington, resulting in a skirmish. As the British retreated from Concord, they faced intense guerrilla-style attacks from colonial militia along the way. The battle marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
The British generally wanted to invade Concord to take the colonists storage of arms, ammunition, and political leaders. Minutemen at Lexington tried to stop the British and this battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution. The Battle of Lexington was the first official shooting between the Colonists and the British.
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