Battle of Lexington and Concord

Battle of Lexington and Concord

In april 19 of 1775 war errupted at Lexington and Concord. General Thomas Gage provoked the battles by sendindg troops to arest John Hancock and Sam Adams in Lexington and these troops went to Concord to take the weapons, arms, that have been stockpiled. Three men tiped of Hancock and Adams, Paul Revere was the one that went on his horse all te way from boston to tell them that the British were coming.



Red Coats

The Militia

They were the fighters. by the morning of april 1775, 70 patriots were gathered on Lexington Green waiting  for the troops, when the troops came they scattered around but as they got in somo one fired a gun killing 8 patriots becouse of the shooting. the british soldiers who were called the RED COATS marched in the town. after following a small body of troops they marched in an conquered.





The Minutemen: Thousands of them traped the troops in Boston. the provincial assemblies siezed control in the New England Colonies. The colonists or the loyalists flead to take refuge in Boston.