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Lexington & Concord

Lexington & Concord. Lexington and concord. In Boston, British General Thomas Gage received orders to arrest Rebel Leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock. They were both known to be in Lexington. The British also heard there were large supplies of gun powder in nearby Concord

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Lexington & Concord

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  1. Lexington & Concord

  2. Lexington and concord • In Boston, British General Thomas Gage received orders to arrest Rebel Leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock. • They were both known to be in Lexington. • The British also heard there were large supplies of gun powder in nearby Concord • 18 miles from Boston

  3. April 18, 1775: Gage sent 1000 troops from Boston to Lexington to arrest leaders and to Concord to ransack their supplies. • Wanted to surprise the Colonials and seize the illegal supplies with NO bloodshed.

  4. “The British are coming” • Patriots in Boston were watching for the British to arrive. • 2 horsemen (William Dawes & Paul Revere) • Rode to warn villages and farms of the British in advance.

  5. Lexington • The British arrive in Lexington • Dozens of Minutemen are waiting on them • Shots are fired and 8 men are killed

  6. Concord • On the way to Concord the British are ambushed by guerilla warfare. • Surprised by shots fired from behind trees, walls, and rocks. • Is a spark in the colonial effort. • The idea that they could take down the British through the element of surprise.

  7. What was accomplished? • Great Britain had lost 3 times as many men as the Americans. • Shots fired are known forever as “The shots heard round the world.” • The British reaction serves as motivation for the colonial effort.

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