When British Major John Pitcairn arrived at Lexington, which was on the way to Concord, he found 70 American minutemen (actually, they were almost all farmers) in battle formation at the town square. He had been informed that the Americans had stored munitions in Concord and that Adams and Handcock were in Concord. Pitcairn ordered the Americans to disperse but when they didn't move after the second order to do so, someone fired a shot. It is not known if the shot was fired by Americans or British. The British easily cleared Lexington and marched on to Concord. He found more Americans arming the bridge into the town so Pitcairn order the British to return to Boston. All the way back to Boston, the Americans sniped at the British from behind trees and rocks, inflicting serious injury to the British troops. When the Redcoats reached Boston, 250 had been killed or wounded. Lexington and Concord are considered the first battles of the Revolution.
The British won at Lexington and then the American colonists won at concord. They were two different battles.
The British were attempting to capture stores of ammunition and gunpowder they believed the colonists were storing there for future use.
The Battle of Concord was fought in guerrilla warfare style with colonists sniping from behind rocks and trees at the British soldiers as they marched from Concord back to Boston. The British were more used to fighting in open fields with the armies facing each other in long fronts. The British were on a single road in column formation in the open while the colonists shot from concealed positions.
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.
the first military clashes between the british and the colonists occured at?
we won and forced the British to retreat
Battle of Lexington and Concord
After the skirmish on Lexington Common, the British army proceeded on to Concord. At the Old North Bridge in Concord, a force of milita repelled the British army and the British began to retreat back to Boston.
After the skirmish on Lexington Common, the British army proceeded on to Concord. At the Old North Bridge in Concord, a force of milita repelled the British army and the British began to retreat back to Boston.
The British won at Lexington and then the American colonists won at concord. They were two different battles.
The British won at Lexington and then the American colonists won at concord. They were two different battles.
compare was continental army and the british army.
They lost the battle of lexington, but they won in a moral way, because that proved that they could take on the british. The battle of concord, they were lucky, or skilled.
to battle against the colonists, because the British troops tried to revolt against them
The colonists were trying to stop the British at Lexington from going on to Concord when the 77 men waited on the towns green for the soldiers.
The first battle of the American revolutionary war was in Lexington, MA and then the British went to Concord hoping to find ammunition
The British were attempting to capture stores of ammunition and gunpowder they believed the colonists were storing there for future use.