THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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The British were forced to retreat back to Boston.
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Colonist ran low on ammunition and were forced to retreat but the British suffered many casualties.
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It showed the British that the Revolutionary War was going to be tougher than they might have expected.
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The first battle of the Revolutionary War showed untrained colonists could fight against the British Soldiers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous ‘shot heard ‘round the world’, marked the start of the American War of Independence (1775-83). Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battles of Lexington and Concord confirmed the alienation between the majority of colonists and the mother country, and it roused 16, 000 New Englanders to join forces and begin the Siege of Boston, resulting in its evacuation by the British the following March.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the colonists lost many minutemen, the Battles of Lexington and Concord were considered a major military victory and displayed to the British and King George III that unjust behavior would not be tolerated in America. The battles also constituted the first military conflicts of the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The militiamen hustled to Concord’s North Bridge, which was being defended by a contingent of British soldiers. The British fired first but fell back when the colonists returned the volley. This was the “shot heard ‘round the world” later immortalized by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.