The colonists seen that they were out numbered, and turned around to go back. As they were leaving a shot was fired and it started the battle of Lexington and Concord.
They decided to give it to King James.
After Lexington, the British went to Concord, Massachusetts.
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Lexington and Concord
the British and the colonists!
according to research, the british herd there were weapons hidden at concord and Lexington.
Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France, Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors, Firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor
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.
The "shot heard round the world" was fired in Concord, Massachusetts, thus starting armed combat between the colonists and the British.
taxes
No. The colonists were tipped off that the British were coming and moved the weapons.
Concord