Battle of Lexington and Concord
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), British History, 18th Century European History
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: April 19, 1775
Article abstract: The opening of hostilities in what became America’s Revolutionary War.
Summary of Event
In the early-morning hours of April 19, 1775, Captain John Parker, forty-five-year-old veteran of the French and Indian War, stood with his single company of Minutemen on the village green at Lexington, Massachusetts. Several hours had passed since Paul Revere’s word of an approaching column of redcoats had brought them tumbling out of their beds. Revere had been unsure as to how General Thomas Gage would lead his men, quartered in Boston, toward...
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