Question

Which of the following statements best explains the significance of the Battle of Lexington?

Answer 1

Answer: C: The Battle of Lexington started the American Revolution.

Explanation:

The Battle of Lexington was the first military engagement of the American Revolution where American colonists fought against the British in an effort to win their independence from what they termed to be an unjust Government.

The British were trying to destroy military supplies of the Colonists stored in Concord and so matched there. On their way they ran into a group of Colonist militia at Lexington and killed 8 of them.

After destroying the supplies they found they headed back to Boston as more Colonist Militia arrived and harassed them the whole way back.