Lexington+and+Concord

= Lexington and Concord  =


 * The battle of Lexington and Concord was held on April 19, 1775. William Dawes and Paul Revere warned the 70 minutemen that the redcoats, the British, were coming. The minutemen were led by John Park. The 70 minutemen were ready at Lexington waiting for the British. A shoot was fired and the war began but no one knows who shoot first. The colonists believe that the British fired first because they were given the order from Major John Pitcairn. But the British believed that the minutemen fired first. The British moved on the Concord and found that most of the gun powered is gone so they destroyed the rest of the war supplies. But at a place named North Bridge in Concord the minutemen were ready for the British. They had messengers on horseback warning everyone about the movement of the British. Clerks hid behind tress a, rocks and stone fences. They were ready. The British were entering down the rode and the militia started to fire. By the time the British got to Boston they had more than 200 men were hurt or wounded, 73 men had died, and more than 20,000 men were held under siege in Boston. **



**The picture to the left shows a map of the battle and journey of the British to the battle. To the right there is a picture** **of the battle of lexington and concord from the point of view of a colonial militia.**