USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A year later, Gage ordered Regulars to capture several rebel leaders, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock, and seize a cache of weapons rumored to be in Lexington, Massachusetts. Gage’s orders led to conflicts at Lexington and Concord in April 1775.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Gage On 19 April 1775, under orders from England, Gage sent a detachment of troops to seize patriot munitions in Concord and to apprehend Samuel Adams and John Hancock. The confrontation between British soldiers and townspeople in Concord and Lexington became the first battle of the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -IN CONTEXT By April 1775, Gage was facing the threat of outright rebellion. He hoped to prevent violence by ordering the seizure of weapons and powder being stored in Concord, Massachusetts, twenty miles northwest of Boston.

Detailed explanation-4: -1:45 P.M.  Parker’s Revenge The first shots of the American Revolution occurred at roughly 5:30 in the morning, April 19, 1775. In the space of no more than a few minutes life for the people of Lexington had changed forever. Eight of their neighbors and relatives were dead and ten were wounded.