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Battles of Lexington and Concord Part of the American Revolutionary War The Battle of Lexington as depicted in a 1910 portrait by William Barnes Wollen Date April 19, 1775 (248 years ago) (1775-04-19) Location Middlesex County , Massachusetts , British America Lexington: ) Concord: 42°28′09″N 71°21′01″W / 42.
class=" fc-falcon">Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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Major Pitcairn at the head of the Regular Grenadiers.
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By the time the British arrived at the North Bridge, a force of almost 400 colonial militiamen from Concord and the surrounding area had gathered on the high ground across the Concord River.
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By the time the British arrived at the North Bridge, a force of almost 400 colonial militiamen from Concord and the surrounding area had gathered on the high ground across the Concord River.
Following several years of rising tensions that included the occupation of Boston by British troops, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts, the military governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, began moving to secure the colony's.
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As the British were telling the militia to back down, someone fired a shot.
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