The first battle of the Revolution was the Battle of Lexington and Concord. On the night of April 18th, 1775, General Thomas Gage, commander of the British forces, ordered his troops led by Lt.Col. Francis Smith, Maj. John Pitcairn of the marines, and the British armies, to seize arms that had been reported at Concord. Concord is a village twenty miles northwest of Boston, past the village of Lexington. As the march progressed the British heard gunshots and ringing bells. What was supposed to be confidential was discovered instantly. As the British moved quickly before sunrise to Concord they were confronted with approximately seventy militia drawn upon two lines. Forcefully outnumbered the militia scattered. The British arrived sooner than the minuteman arranged for, so the colonists weren't quite prepared. Anonymously a shot was fired, followed by two British volleys. Who shot the first shot? What side started this horrific battle? Will evidence ever be able to determine what really happened?.
Evidence will be able to determine what happened. With over 20 testimonials a conclusion has been made; the rebels started the war, the rebels shot the first shot. If you recall the British had no intensions of starting a fight with the colonists they were simply going to Concord to seize weapons. The rebels heard about the British coming, and knew they were greatly outnumbered and wouldn't be able to keep their weapons away from the British so out of self-protection the colonists shot the first shot to hopefully alarm the British to stay back. .
Indication shows that Major John Pitcairn ordered his troops to not harm or capture the rebels just retrieve the weapons. Therefore he never told his troops to fire. John Parker even admitted he told his troops to "fire even if they were the least bit insulted." This leads to the assumption that the British said something and the rebels took it offensively and shot at the British out of anger.
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These two sides met and fought at the Lexington and Concord Battle. ... On the eve of April 19, General Thomas Gage sent his British soldiers to Lexington to destroy military stores and rebel leaders, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. The two sides met at the Lexington green, and the British were more equipped than the Americans were. ... The British then started to make their way towards Concord. The two groups met again on the Concord North Bridge, this time the Americans were prepared. ...
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Battle of Lexington The battle of Lexington marked the beginning of the fighting in the Revolutionary War. ... Thee British were marching onto Concord, Massachusetts, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith. British General Thomas Gage had ordered his men to march to Concord, and take, or destroy the Americans hidden supply of arms and ammunition, which was being stored in the town. ... The Battle of Concord After the Battle of Lexington had ended, and the militia had surrendered the British continued their walk to concord. ... Once the militiamen caught sight of the fl...
In 1775 volunteer soldiers from the colonies clashed with the British army in the Massachusetts towns of Concord and Lexington. ... The British reached Lexington at dawn on April 19, 1775. ... Hundreds of American minutemen gathered at Concord. ... The Americans pounded the British at Concord's North Bridge. ... The Battle of Concord was a great American victory. ...
The Seven Years War, Stamp Act and Townsend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Battle of Lexington and Concord all played a part in the beginning of the war. ... The British learned of a large supply of ammunition being kept in the town of Concord. ... When the British reached the town of Lexington, they met a small band of about sixty minutemen. ... After the initial exchange of fire at Lexington, the British continued their march to Concord. ... The Seven Years War, Stamp Act and Townsend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Battle of Lexington and Concord were all events t...
When the British reached Lexington they came across fifty minutemen. ... The successful British army went on to Concord. ... (Across the Concord River.) ... At Lexington, the British army had lost 274 to death or wounded, and 25 missing. ... This occurred about two months after Lexington and Concord. ...
April 19, 1775: Lexington Massachusetts 2. ... British hope to find Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington. 5. ... The British won this battle (Lexington). 9. The British were stopped at Concord by the colonial minutemen. 10. The colonists won this battle (Concord). 11. ...
