Battles of Lexington and Concord

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battle event in the American Revolutionary War military engagement

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the opening military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, marking the start of armed conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies in April 1775.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Battle of Lexington 9
Battle of Concord 7
Battle of Lexington and Concord 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs shot heard round the world ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Great Britain

Massachusetts militia ⓘ
Minutemen ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses British over 250 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
Colonial forces around 90 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
cause British attempt to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock ⓘ
British attempt to seize colonial military supplies at Concord ⓘ
combatantStrength British regulars approximately 700 ⓘ
Colonial militia eventually over 3,000 ⓘ
commander Francis Smith ⓘ
James Barrett ⓘ
John Parker ⓘ
John Pitcairn ⓘ
Thomas Gage ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
date April 19, 1775 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ
Siege of Boston ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution
historicalRegion New England ⓘ
involvedUnit British Army regular infantry ⓘ
Minuteman companies ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts militia companies

Minuteman companies ⓘ
location Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
memorializedBy Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Minute Man National Historical Park ⓘ
North Bridge monument in Concord ⓘ
month April ⓘ
notableEvent first shots of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Boston campaign ⓘ
precededBy Boston Tea Party ⓘ
Intolerable Acts ⓘ
result British retreat to Boston ⓘ
Colonial victory ⓘ
significance opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
start of armed conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies ⓘ
tactic British column march from Boston to Concord ⓘ
colonial use of guerrilla-style tactics ⓘ
year 1775 ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arlington → partOfHistoricEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
subject surface form: Arlington, Massachusetts
Battle of Chelsea Creek → precededBy → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) → precededBy → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Olive Branch Petition → precededBy → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Siege of Boston → precededBy → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Patriots’ Day → relatedTo → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington and Concord
Minutemen → roleIn → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Buckman Tavern → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Jason Russell House → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Lexington Battle Green → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775
Minuteman companies → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
North Bridge → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Concord
Patriots → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Thomas Gage → significantEvent → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Concord, Massachusetts → siteOf → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Concord
Province of Massachusetts Bay → siteOf → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
"Paul Revere's Ride" → subject → Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Revere's Ride