H.M.S. Gaspee
H.M.S. Gaspee
The British were attempting to capture stores of ammunition and gunpowder they believed the colonists were storing there for future use.
It was the biggest loss of troops in the war, which caused troop moral to lower
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They were hoping to capture arms and ammunition that the colonists had stashed in Concord and to also arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams
During the events leading up to the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the British forces were primarily searching for hidden military supplies, such as weapons and ammunition, that the American colonists had been stockpiling in preparation for a potential conflict with the British government. The British hoped to seize these supplies to prevent the colonists from using them to resist British authority. Additionally, the British were also aiming to capture key Patriot leaders, such as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were known to be in the area.
The Green Mountain Boys were lead by Ethan Allen when they went to capture a New York Fort. The Green Mountain Boys were formed in 1760 and helped the Colonists fight the British.
The British commander in chief in America, General Thomas Gage, sent a task force of 700 soldiers to destroy the colonists' military depot established at Concord and capture the Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, on the night of April 18,1775.
The British won because the Colonists were forced to retreat. ^ That's absolute bullcrap, the colonists won. READ.
The duration of Capture of Boer Battery by British is 60.0 seconds.
The Colonists believed that British rule threatened their liberty when the British started sending troops over to the New World to locate and capture the people that were protesting British taxation. The last straw before the Revolutionary War was when the King of England refused to read a petition to solve the problems.
The British did not capture Concord.