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The Battles of Lexington and Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord. First Continental Congress. Upon hearing of the Intolerable Acts, colonies assembled September 1774, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia Drew up a DECLARATION OF COLONIAL RIGHTS: Right to run their own affairs Supported protests in MA

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord

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  1. The Battles of Lexington and Concord

  2. First Continental Congress • Upon hearing of the Intolerable Acts, colonies assembled • September 1774, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia • Drew up a DECLARATION OF COLONIAL RIGHTS: • Right to run their own affairs • Supported protests in MA • Stated if British used force against the colonies, the colonies would fight back. • Agreed to reconvene May 1775 if demands were not met

  3. Tensions with British troops building • British troops in Boston increasing • Colonists in eastern NE towns stepped up military preparations • Stockpiled firearms and gunpowder. • General Thomas Gage learned of these, planned to seize the illegal weapons in Concord.

  4. “The British ARE COMING!” • Colonists in Boston were keeping watch over the British troops moves. • Night of April 18, 1775 – Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode out to spread the word • 700 British troops were headed for Concord • From there Pre-arranged signals were sent from town to town that the British were coming.

  5. The Battle of Lexington • Kings Troops Reached Lexington • Met by 70 minutemen drew up in lines on town green • British commander ordered men to leave • Began to leave without their muskets • Someone fired, British fired, colonists fled • 8 minutemen killed, 9 wounded, 1 British soldier injured • Lasted 15 minutes

  6. The Battle of Concord • British continued on to Concord • Arsenal in Concord Empty • Brief skirmish with minutemen • British began march back to Boston

  7. The Return March to Boston • 3,000 to 4,000 minutemen had assembled • Hid behind stone walls and trees, fired at British • British felled by the dozens, only saved when reinforcements came from Boston • British went back to Boston • Colonists surrounded Boston, held the city under seige.

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