Battles of Lexington and Concord

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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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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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn" subject Battles of Lexington and Concord
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