EMERGENCE OF USA
THE INDEPENDENCE OF USA
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The Patriots fired on the Redcoats and caused the British to retreat.
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The British were able to defeat the colonists and confiscated their weapons
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The colonists and the British signed a treaty.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the North Bridge in Concord, approximately 400 militiamen engaged 100 regulars from three companies of the King’s troops at about 11:00 am, resulting in casualties on both sides. The outnumbered regulars fell back from the bridge and rejoined the main body of British forces in Concord.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the British troops opened fire, the Minute Men responded with a volley of their own, killing three British soldiers and wounding nine others. The British troops fell back to the town. The British, realizing their vulnerability, decided to return to Boston.
Detailed explanation-3: -Major Buttrick of Concord shouts, “For God’s sake, fire!” and the Minute Men respond, killing three British soldiers and wounding nine others. This volley is considered “the shot heard round the world” and sends the British troops retreating back to town.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neither side expected to actually fight, but in the midst of the confusion a gunshot went off forcing the British to attack. Some of the colonists were killed and the rest fled. The gunshot was the first shot of the American Revolution and the start of the war.
Detailed explanation-5: -As the Redcoats marched on to Concord, eight minutemen were killed and ten wounded. As the march continued, the numbers of Minutemen arriving from surrounding towns swelled and the substantial militia retreated to a ridge about a mile from Concord across the North Bridge.