EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Paul Revere
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John Parker
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Benedict Arnold
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John Smith
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Parker (July 13, 1729 – September 17, 1775) was an American colonial farmer, smith, soldier, and colonial militia officer who commanded the Lexington, Patriot, colonial militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the morning of April 19, 1775, Lexington’s militia company under the command of Captain John Parker was confronted with a terrible dilemma.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Minutemen and militia from Concord, Acton, Lincoln and a handful of Westford Minutemen, advanced in column formation, two by two, led by Major Buttrick, Lt. Col. Robinson, then Capt.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British were led by Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith. There were 700 British regulars. The British soldiers were called “regulars” or sometimes red coats because they wore red uniforms. The leader of the militiamen in Lexington was Captain John Parker.
Detailed explanation-5: -A farmer by trade, Parker saw action during the French and Indian (Seven Years) War, at the Siege of Louisburg, in 1758, and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in 1759; famous for the death of British General James Wolfe, and in the subsequent conquest of Quebec.