Compare And Contrast The Battle Of Hoxington And Concord

Battle of Lexington and Concord

On 1775 on April 19th started the American Revolutionary war Because of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.Tension had been American Colonies,for many years and the British authorities,particularly in Massachusetts.In 1775 on the night of april 18th hundreds of British troops were on there way to Concord from Boston to seize an arms cache.Paul Revere along with with the other riders began sounding the alarm,and colonial militiamen began moving to invade the Redcoat column A confrontation on the Lexington town green began the fighting, and soon the british were hostile surrendering under enemy fire. Much more battles followed, during 1783 the colonists formally won their independence.
Lead-up to the battles of Lexington and Concord
Great Britain in 1764 enacted a series of measures aimed at raising revenue from its 13 American colonies. Many of those measures, including the stamp act, townshend acts and sugar act, generated fierce resentment among the colonist, when protested against “taxation without representation”. In 1770 boston massacre and the 1773 Boston tea party were one of the most important points of resistance, and in june 1774 the king closed down the city harbor until the citizens paid for the

tea dumped overboard the passing year. Soon after, the british parliament declared that massachusetts war in open rebellion.
In 1775 on April 18 Joseph warren hear from a inside source inside the british high command that redcoat troops would be on their way that night on concord.

Warren sent off two couriers, Silversmith paul Revere and Tanner Dawes, to warn colonist of the news. They first traveled by different routes to lexington, a few miles east of concord, where revolutionary leaders samuel adams and john hancock had temporarily hold up. Having persuaded those two men to leave, a weary revere and dawes then set out again. On Their journey the met a new rider,Samuel prescott, who all alone made his way to concord. Paul Revere was kidnapped by a British patrol, while Dawes was thrown off his horse and forced to go to lexington on

foot.
Fighting breaks out in Lexington and Concord
On April 18 at dawn some 700 British troops arrived in Lexington and came upon 77 militiamen gathered on town green. A british major shouted, “throw down your arms! Ye villains, Ye rebels”they were heavily outnumbered militiamen has been ordered by their commander to disperse when a shot rang out. To this day, no one knows which side fired first. Many British volleys were subsequently unleashed before order could be restored when the smoke cleared, eight militiamen lay dead and nine were wounded, while only one redcoat was injured.
The British were on there way into Concord to search for arms, not realizing that most have already been relocated. They have decided to catch fire to what little amount they have found, and the flames got slightly out of control. Many of the militiamen occupying the high grounds outside of Concord incorrectly thought the whole town was being caught on fire. The militiamen ran to Concord’s North Bridge, which was being guarded by a contingent of British soldiers. The british shot first but ran away when the colonists returned the volley. This was the “shot heard ‘round the world “ later immortalized by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.
After searching all of Concord for a couple of hours, the British was getting ready to head back to Boston, located 18 miles away.