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Paul Revere
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In July of 1778, British troops and Iroquois warriors attacked western Pennsylvania.
The British were call redcoats, lobsterbacks, regulars and bloodybacks
Concord Bridge
Paul Revere
Paul Revere
lexington and concord
General Braddock had 1,300 troops and militia at his command.
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There were 1,300 British Troops and Militia against 637 Native Americans, 146 French Militia and 108 troupes de la Marine.
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About 500 of the 1,300 member British and Militia troops were killed including General Edward Braddock.
George Washington was an officer in the colonial militia and served in the French and Indian War in the 1750s. Although the militia was separate from the British Regulars, he still fought with them and would have known their tactics.
The Battle of Lexington saw 700 British troops fighting against 70 Minutemen of the local militia.
Paul Revere discusses a plan to warn the colonial militia that British troops are advancing towards Lexington and Concord. He arranges for lantern signals to be displayed in the Old North Church tower to alert the militia of the troops' movements by land or by sea.