Lexington+and+Concord

=Lexington and Concord = 



The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19,1775. It was and important event in the American Revolution. Great Britainhad 1500 total forces against U.S colonies' 3800. The first shots fired, nobody actually knows who did it. The night before the battle had begun, Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to Lexington through Concord to warn the people that the "British were coming". ====The battle took palce in Lexington, Massachusetts. Dr.Joseph Warren was a doctor who alerted John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were starting to march. The night before the battle happened, General Thomas Gage ordered his forces to go to Concord and destroy their guns and ammunitions. The townspeople tried to hide most of their properties in case the British will come and destroy them. Though they hid some of their guns and ammunitions and any other supplies that they will need, they couldn't hide ALL of them. So when the forces came, they had at least, some things to destroy.Samuel Adams and John Hancock were warned by Paul Revere and William Dawes when the British were starting to march. Paul Revere set up a system of his own that would alert the people when the British will start to march. He put lanterns in the Old North Church and made sure that the lights were blinking twice if the Britsh were attacking by sea and the light was blinking once if the British were attacking by land. ==== ====The Minutemen, a group of militias, attacked the British soldiers while on their way back to Boston. Some of the British soldiers were dead and many of them were wounded. ==== ====Loss of the battle in Concord, the British tightly packed their weapons and decided to go to war. The Americans thought it was a great advantage for them because they had won and that really helped them encourage themselves to start a Revolutionary War. For the British, the small battle in Concord was a big deal to them. They thought that maybe they wouldn't win the next big war and it actually affected their team. But for the Americans, it made them more strong as a team and helped them encourage each other. Of course, by that time, no one would really know who would win the next war. ==== ====When the American Revolutionary War had begun, there were many wounded and killed soldiers. The War had lasted about eight years and in 1783, the Treaty of Paris finally ended the War. ====

Timeline
==April 18, 1775 General Thomas Gage order forces to go to Concord. ==

April 19, 1775 Concord Battle
==1783 Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War ==