SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Lexington and Concord
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Bunker’s (Breed’s) Hill
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The violence turned a colonial revolt against British policy into a fight for political independence. Lexington and Concord led many Americans to support the ‘revolution’. For John Adams, these battles were the moment ‘the Die was cast, the Rubicon crossed’.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two lanterns hanging from Boston’s North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. A series of horseback riders-men such as Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott-galloped off to warn the countryside that the Regulars (British troops) were coming.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. Instead, their actions sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War.