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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 marked the first official battle of the American Revolutionary War. British troops marched on Concord to seize weapons stored by Massachusetts militiamen but were met by 77 militia members on Lexington Green, where shots were fired and 8 militiamen were killed. Despite continuing to Concord, the British found the weapons had been moved. On their retreat, they were fired upon by over 2,000 minutemen along an 18 mile route, resulting in 250 British casualties and the start of open warfare between Britain and its colonies.

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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 marked the first official battle of the American Revolutionary War. British troops marched on Concord to seize weapons stored by Massachusetts militiamen but were met by 77 militia members on Lexington Green, where shots were fired and 8 militiamen were killed. Despite continuing to Concord, the British found the weapons had been moved. On their retreat, they were fired upon by over 2,000 minutemen along an 18 mile route, resulting in 250 British casualties and the start of open warfare between Britain and its colonies.

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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 marked the first official battle of the American Revolutionary War. British troops marched on Concord to seize weapons stored by Massachusetts militiamen but were met by 77 militia members on Lexington Green, where shots were fired and 8 militiamen were killed. Despite continuing to Concord, the British found the weapons had been moved. On their retreat, they were fired upon by over 2,000 minutemen along an 18 mile route, resulting in 250 British casualties and the start of open warfare between Britain and its colonies.

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    Lexington and

    Concord
    •  April 19, 1775

    •  Officially kicked off the American revolution


    •  Massachusetts had been declared in pen rebellion in 1775

    •  Colonists learned British would march on Concord to


    seize weapons

    •  Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to alert


    Lexington of the News
    The route
    •  700 British Troops vs. 77 Militia
    Men on Lexington town green

    •  Militiamen ordered to disperse


    •  Shot rings out
    •  Who fired first?

    •  8 militia men dead and 9


    wounded

    •  1 British Redcoat injured

    •  British continue to Concord

    •  Weapons had already been moved

    •  Burn Concord
    •  Militiamen think all of Concord is burning down

    •  When British retreat about 2,000 minutemen were


    there

    •  Fighting begins and lasts through the city as


    reinforcements continue to arrive from across
    Massachusetts
    •  3,500 militiamen firing

    •  18 miles of battle

    •  250 Redcoats died/wounded

    •  90 Colonists died/wounded

    •  Word of battle spreads to London by May 28


    •  Full war by next summer

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