Question

Well-prepared militia companies in Massachusetts were known as (4)_____________________________. General Thomas Gage ordered

Answer 1

Well-prepared militia companies in Massachusetts were known as minutemen.

General Thomas Gage ordered Major John Pitcairn and his troops to go to Concord and destroy all the artillery and ammunition.

When Dr. Joseph Warren saw the British troops march out of Boston on the night of April 18, 1775, he rushed to alert Paul Revere and William Dawes. Revere and Dawes then rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hannock.

In Lexington, the redcoats came across a group of about 70 minutemen and the fight for independence began.

Along the road from Concord to Boston, colonists fired at the British, wounding 200 and killing 73.

Explanation:

The American Revolutionary War or the American War of Independence in 1775 brought an end to many of the colonies found and occupied by the British. This war was primarily initiated with the confrontation of the local militia at Lexington and Concord with the British troops. The militia provided well prepared men called the minutemen to the federal army to fight against the British troops.

General Thomas Gage was a General Officer and Major John Pitcairn was a Marine Officer of the British Army and both played an important role in the American Revolution.

Paul Revere  and William Dawes were patriotic Americans who alerted the American troops about the arrival of the British troops

Dr. Joseph Warren was Boston’s famous physician who treated Samuel Adams and John Hancock, both of whom were great leaders of the American Revolution. They played an important role in signing of the United States’ Declaration of Independence.