The Battle of Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775
The Battle Begins
Paul Revere
Thomas Gage
John Hancock
Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775
Interesting Facts
2. They don't know who fired the Shot Heard Around the World.
3. The Colonists were hiding weapons, and the British started searching through their houses to find them.
4. Lexington was a very small fight some don't even call it a battle.
5. The British were called the Red coats because they wore red uniforms.
6. The British were called the "regulars"
7. The leader of the militiamen in Lexington was Captain John Parker. A lot of his soldiers, around 25% of them, were his relatives
8.News of the first shots fired at Lexington, Massachusetts took one day to reach Portsmouth, New Hampshire and four days to reach New York City.
9. Around 15,000 militiamen surrounded Boston the day after these two battles occurred.
10.Battles of Lexington marked the first occasion of American militia responding violently to British Incursions. Incursions is a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one.