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svetoff [14.1K]
3 years ago
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Where were the first shots of the american revolutionary war fired?

History
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Vsevolod [243]3 years ago
3 0

The first shots of American Revolutionary War were fired at Concord and Lexington.

The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military skirmishes between Britain and its thirteen colonies in the American War of Independence. They were conducted on April 19, 1775 in Massachusetts Bay, near the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, present-day Arlington and Cambridge.

Explanation:

  • About 700 British soldiers, led by Lt. Col. Francis Smith, were given a secret order to seize and destroy military supplies collected by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. With the help of efficient data collection, the colonial patriots learned of the attack weeks before the march that could jeopardize their supplies and move them elsewhere. They also received details of the British plans the night before the battle and were able to quickly alarm regional militias about enemy movements.
  • The first shots were fired at Lexington at dawn. Militias were outnumbered and forced to retreat, and British troops continued on to Concord, where they were looking for supplies. At the Old North Bridge in Concord, about 500 American fighters defeated three British troops. Numbered British troops retreated from US positions after the open air battle.
  • More American fighters soon came to an end and inflicted heavy losses on the British as they retreated to Boston. Upon his return to Lexington, Smith's expedition was saved by reinforcements led by Brigadier General Hugh Percy. The combined forces, now numbering about 1,700, retreated to Boston under heavy fire and arrived safely at Charleston. The assembled US militias blocked the narrow land access to Charleston and Boston and began the siege of Boston.

Subject: History

Level: High school

Keywords: Concord, Lexington, American Revolutionary War

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