The Big Mystery!

Battle at Lexington and Concord

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northwest Boston, Massachusetts.

But what we don’t know is which side
shot it. Whether the Patriots shot it
or the British troops shot it, There
are many different theories.

Without the Battle at Lexington and

Concord, the colonists would have
never won their independence.
Because of the American
Revolutionary War, After the
Americans won, they gained their
independence. And Britain lost its
standing as the “undefeated
country”. The Americans didn’t do it
themselves, France helped out a
little. Or as it really was, “A lot”.
France Helped out by providing
money, troops, military, naval
Colonists fighting the British support, military leadership, and
armament.
The Boston Massacre, Stamp Act,
Boston Tea Party, and Townshend
It started, but how?
Act, just to name a bit, led up to the Here’s how. It started on April
Battle at Lexington and Concord. The 19, 1775. It was 4 hours long. The
war of Independence and the British troops were ordered to
Revolutionary war started after the destroy all colonist’s military
battle at Lexington and Concord. weapons, ammunition, etc. ”The
This is a famous battle. troops were ordered to destroy the
colonists’ military supplies, or
Also, it included the “shot ammunition, in Concord”. Samuel
heard round the world”. One of the Adams and John Hancock were
most important parts of history. accused of stirring up rioting in the
Especially because it was unknown. colony. “Thomas Gage the military
Whether the person died or didn’t governor of Massachusetts, had
want to admit that he shot the bullet. received orders from England to
All we know is that it was at the arrest Samuel Adams and John
northbridge, Charlestown, Hancock, accused of stirring up
rebellion in the colony”. The British
wanted to stop the chance of
rebellion by taking weapons from Important day, because if Samuel
the colonists. There are many other Prescott wasn’t there to warn the
reasons too. There were 700 British people of Concord and Samuel
troops and 77 militiamen. Adams and John Hancock, then the
“The British Are Coming” British would’ve came and attacked
us and we probably would've lost.
One night, at 1:30 a.m., 3 men came
with their horses to warn Samuel
Adams and John Hancock that the
British were coming. Those people
were Samuel Prescott, Paul Revere,
and William Dawes.

On their way, Paul Revere gets

captured by the British officers and
William Dawes escapes the British
officers. Now, Samuel Prescott is on
his own. He rides down the street of
Concord alerting the people in their
houses and alerts Samuel Adams
and John Hancock saying, “The
British are coming”. This was known
This was the Revolutionary War.

Leading up to the Battle

This battle was led up by mostly one
thing. “The Boston Tea Party”. The
Boston tea party started on
December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea
party was when many colonists
went on a ship and dumped tea in
the ocean. More than 340 chests of
tea were dumped. Roughly 42 tons
(92,000 pounds) of tea was basically
dumped. This event was led up by
many things. The tea act. The tea act
This is “Paul Revere” Warning the people that the
was in 1773 and was when colonists
British are coming. could only buy tea from England.
Also the Townshend act. The
as “Paul Revere’s ride”. Even though Townshend act was in 1767-1768 and
Paul Revere wasn’t the one warning was when colonists had to pay for
anyone, he gets all the credit. This glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
was a really officials to Great Britain. And lastly,
 The Quartering act. The Quartering
imported to the colonies. Before the Act was when colonists had to let
Townshend acts, was the Stamp act. soldiers in their house anytime,
The stamp act was in 1765 and was anywhere. They have to feed them,
When colonists had to pay for every give them a place to sleep, pay for
single paper that they used. They their bills, etc. These Intolerable Acts
had to stamp their papers, and were supposed to last until the
stamp costs money. All these acts colonists were able to pay off the
were made by Parliament and King debt of how much tea was dumped
George lll. Each one of these acts led in the ocean.
up to another until the Boston tea
party have started.

All these acts added up to a new act.

The more acts added up, the worse it
After the Boston tea party, The got.
Intolerable Acts decided to join the
party. The Intolerable Acts was in
1774. The Intolerable Acts were made
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