Battles of Lexington and Concord

• 1st military engagement of American Revolutionary War

• Marked outbreak of open armed conflict

• Paul Revere’s Ride happened

• Military supplies stored at Concord

• British were to capture Patriots gained intelligence and moved supplied

• 1st shots fired at Lexington

• British seized no weapons of significance due to no secrecy or speed

• The British had been ordered not to plunder the inhabitants or hurt private property.

Thomas Gage

• British leader

• Intelligence may have come from Margaret Gage (Thomas’s wife)

1st Shot

• No one knows who fired 1st shot

• Did not come from the men on the ground

• Lexington

Battle of Lexington

British Army in Concord

North Bridge Fight

Old North Bridge

Percy’s Rescue at Lexington

1st 8 Massachusetts Men to Die

• John Brown (rumored to have fired first shot from a saloon)

• Samuel Hadley• Caleb Harrington• Johnathon Harrington (managed to crawl

home and died on his door step)• Robert Monroe• Isaac Muzzy• Ashahel Parker• Jonas Parker (run through)

Arsenal

• Was hidden by being buried in furrows to look like a crop had been planted

• An arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of weapons and ammunition