Answer:The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord.
The British were looking for rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington so they could capture them. They were looking in Concord for the American's store of weapons and ammunition to destroy them.
