1. The soldiers will go to Lexington and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
2. Once they had arrested these patriot leaders they will head to Concord, they were ordered that in Concord they should destroy all the arm guns and ammunition that were stored here.
Thomas Gage wanted to keep his plans secret. This couldn´t be possible and Dr. Joseph Warren discovers the British plans. In order to tell his friends what was happening he sent Paul Revere to warn Samuel and Hancock of the situation.
Paul Revere successfully arrived to Lexington and deliver Dr. Joseph message to Samuel and Hancock. When the British troops arrived to arrest them they had already escape. Once the colonists had been warn they prepared for a fight against the British. All the colonist militia was conformed of minute men.
British arrived and they saw 75 minute men that were lead by Captain Jonas Parker. The British fired against the Minute Men. At the end of the shots 8 Minute Men were killed and 10 were injured. After this the Red Coast headed to Concord. Paul Revere intensions were to warn Concord and tell them that the British militia was coming, but he was trapped by the British militia. So others were the ones who warn Concord of the Red Coats. When they arrived the people of concord were busy translating the guns and the ammunitions to other places so the British couldn´t find them. The British troops arrived but they only destroyed a part of the colonists’ armament. After they had finish they were marching back to Boston and in the way they founded themselves surrounded by Minute Men.
The Minute Men attacked the British militia by surprised and at the end of the attack 73 British soldiers were killed and 174 were wounded. The colonist had achieved a great success during this attack.
Battle Of Lexington and Concord
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