The Battle of Lexington and Concord

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The American Revolution
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• Leading up to the Battle
• One if by land, Two if by sea
• Paul Reveres midnight ride
• The shot heard round the world
• On to Concord
• The British Retreat
• Results of the Battle
• Concord Hymn
• Self Test
• Reference Page

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Leading up to the Battle

• 1765 Colonists violently protest the Stamp Act
• 1766 Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, passes
  Declaratory Act
• 1768 British troops arrive in Boston to enforce
  laws
• 1770 Four Americans killed by British troops in
  Boston Massacre
• 1773 Boston patriots protest British Tea Act by
  throwing tea into the Boston Harbor
• 1774 First Continental Congress meets in
  Philadelphia
• April 19, 1775 Fist battle occurs in Lexington
  and Concord

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One if by land, Two if by Sea
One if by land, two if by seaAnd I on the
opposite shore will be,Ready to ride and spread
the alarmThrough every Middlesex, village and
farm,For the country folk to be up and to
arm. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Paul Reveres Midnight ride
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Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott rode from Boston
to Lexington on the night of April 18, 1775 to
warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the
British were coming to arrest them for treason.
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The Shot heard round the world
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On the morning of April 19th, 1775, at the break
of dawn, British troops moved into the city of
Lexington, where the minutemen stood awaiting.
As the minutemen began to disperse to let the
British pass, a shot was fired which lead to the
British returning shots. And thus the American
Revolution had begun. Seven minutemen lay dead
after the gunfire as the British marched on to
Concord.
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On to Concord
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The British marched into Concord to search for
munitions. They found cannons and began to burn
them. The militia fearing the British were
burning the town marched towards the British.
Shots were exchanged and the British retreated to
Boston.
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The British Retreat
As the British retreated to Boston, they
encountered hundreds of local patriots who had
heard about the incident in Lexington and had
come to offer their services. 250 British
soldiers were killed during the retreat.
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Results of the Battle

• The British failed to capture Adams or Hancock
• The local militia had the British controlled city
  of Boston surrounded
• Word of the battle had spread throughout the
  Colonies and lead to the eventual organization of
  the first American Army.

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Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their
flag to April's breeze unfurled,Here once the
embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard
round the world. The foe long since in silence
sleptAlike the conqueror silent sleepsAnd
Time the ruined bridge has sweptDown the dark
stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank,
by this soft stream,We set to-day a votive
stoneThat memory may their deed redeem,When,
like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that
made those heroes dareTo die, or leave their
children free,Bid Time and Nature gently
spareThe shaft we raise to them and thee.
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What day did the Battle of Lexington and Concord
occur?
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1. April 18, 1775
2. April 19, 1775
3. April 18, 1776
4. April 19, 1776

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What crime were Samuel Adams and John Hancock
being charged with?
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1. Piracy
2. Tax Evasion
3. Treason
4. Murder

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The British troops entered Concord searching for
what?
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1. Munitions
2. The person responsible for the shot fired at
   Lexington
3. Minutemen who retreated from Lexington
4. George Washington and the American Army

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References
America at War Battle of Lexington and
Concord The Battle of Lexington Fischer, David
Hackett. Paul Revere's ride. New York Oxford
University Press, 1994. Paul Reveres Ride Ralph
Waldo Emerson Central Tourtellot, A. B. William
Diamond's drum the beginning of the War of the
American Revolution. London Hutchinson, 1960.
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