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- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord abstract "The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America.In late 1774 the Suffolk Resolves were adopted to resist the enforcement of the alterations made to the Massachusetts colonial government by the British parliament following the Boston Tea Party. An illegal Patriot shadow government known as the Massachusetts Provincial Congress was subsequently formed and began to train militia for possible hostilities. The rebel government exercised effective control of the colony outside of British-controlled Boston and in response, Massachusetts was declared in February 1775 to be in a state of rebellion. About 700 British Army regulars in Boston, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy rebel military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. They also received details about British plans on the night before the battle and were able to rapidly notify the area militias of the enemy movement.The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars proceeded on to Concord, where they searched for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, approximately 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the King's troops. The outnumbered regulars fell back from the minutemen after a pitched battle in open territory.More militiamen arrived soon thereafter and inflicted heavy damage on the regulars as they marched back towards Boston. Upon returning to Lexington, Smith's expedition was rescued by reinforcements under Brigadier General Hugh Percy. The combined force, now of about 1,700 men, marched back to Boston under heavy fire in a tactical withdrawal and eventually reached the safety of Charlestown. The accumulated militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting the Siege of Boston.Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his "Concord Hymn", described the first shot fired by the Patriots at the North Bridge as the "shot heard round the world."".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord causalties "39 wounded".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord causalties "49 killed".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord causalties "5 missing".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord combatant "Province of Massachusetts Bay".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Francis_Smith_(British_Army_officer).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Hugh_Percy,_2nd_Duke_of_Northumberland.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Isaac_Davis_(soldier).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander James_Barrett_(Continental_Army).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander John_Buttrick.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander John_Parker_(captain).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander John_Pitcairn.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Joseph_Warren.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander William_Heath.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord date "1775-04-19".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord isPartOfMilitaryConflict American_Revolutionary_War.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord place Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord result "Colonial victory; start of the American Revolutionary War".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Concord: 100".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Concord: 400".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Departing Boston 700".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "End of Battle: 1,500".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "End of Battle: 3,800".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Lexington: 400".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Lexington: 77".
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- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "Birth of Liberty".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "Romanticized 19th century depiction of Battle of Lexington".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "Shot heard round the World".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "The Minute Man".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "Washington at Cambridge".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "by Daniel Chester French".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord caption "issue of 1925".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord casualties "174".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord casualties "39".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord casualties "49".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord casualties "5".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord casualties "53".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord casualties "73".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord combatant Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Francis_Smith_(British_Army_officer).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Hugh_Percy,_2nd_Duke_of_Northumberland.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander James_Barrett_(Continental_Army).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander John_Buttrick.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander John_Parker_(captain).
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander John_Pitcairn.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander Joseph_Warren.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander William_Heath.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord commander "Isaac Davis".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord conflict "Battles of Lexington and Concord".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord coordinates "Concord:".
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- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord date "1775-04-19".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord date "April 2012".
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- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord partof "the American Revolutionary War".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord place Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts.
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord quote "And fired the shot heard round the world.".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord quote "By the rude bridge that arched the flood".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord quote "Here once the embattled farmers stood".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord quote "Their flag to April's breeze unfurled".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord result "Colonial victory; start of the American Revolutionary War".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord source "- First verse of Emerson's "Concord Hymn"".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Concord: 100".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Concord: 400".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Departing Boston 700".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "End of Battle: 1,500".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "End of Battle: 3,800".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Lexington: 400".
- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord strength "Lexington: 77".
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- Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord subject Category:Battles_involving_Great_Britain.