Question

The British thought they could stop the revolution before it really started by seizing the arms and arresting the leaders at Lexington and Concord.

Answer 1

Answer:

true

Explanation:

British General Thomas Gage led a force of British soldiers from Boston to Lexington, where he planned to capture colonial radical leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, and then head to Concord and seize their gunpowder. But American spies got wind of the plan, and with the help of riders such as Paul Revere, word spread to be ready for the British.