USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -American victory. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.