WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the significance of Lexington and Concord?
A
Nothing
B
All of the Above
C
American patriots and British troops fired at each other at Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolution in April 1775.
D
American patriots and Native troops fired at each other at Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolution in April 1775.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -What was the historical significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord? The fighting ended colonists’ resistance to British authority. The outcome proved that militias were no match for British troops. Britain gave up on any attempt to keep its North American colonies.

Detailed explanation-5: -The battle broke out because the British had ordered troops to seize weapons from the town of Concord and to Capture the rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock from the town of Lexington. However, thanks to American spies word got out throughout the countryside and the American militia rushed to stop the British.

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