Why were the battles of Lexington and concord significant events in the revolutionary war?

Answer 1

That day in April of 1775 brought about significant changes in colonial thinking about the king. It will take another year before the Declaration of Independence is written and published, but the first two battles of the war took place in Lexington and Concord.

Answer 2

On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.