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	Battles of Lexington and Concord Summary
		The Lexington men dispatched riders in all directions (except south to Waltham for unknown reasons) and Revere and Dawes continued along the road to Concord.
		The militiamen of Concord wre undecided whether to wait until they could be reinforced by troops from towns nearby, or to stay and defend the town, or to move east and greet the British Army from superior terrain.
		The issue of which side was to blame faded during the nineteenth century, and Lexington and Concord took on an almost mythical quality in the American consciousness.
	www.bookrags.com /Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord (7781 words)

	Battles of Lexington and Concord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lexington men dispatched riders in all directions (except south to Waltham for unknown reasons), and Revere and Dawes continued along the road to Concord.
		Rather than turn left towards Concord, Marine Lieutenant Jesse Adair—at the head of two of the advance companies the 4th and 10th regiments light infantry—decided on his own to protect the flank of his troops by first turning right and then leading two companies down the green itself.
		The militiamen of Concord were undecided whether to wait until they could be reinforced by troops from towns nearby, or to stay and defend the town, or to move east and greet the British Army from superior terrain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lexington_and_Concord (6896 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of Lexington and Concord
		The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War and was described as "the shot heard round the world" in Emerson's Concord Hymn.
		The Concord Hymn is a song written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837 for the dedication of the Obelisk, a battle monument in Concord, Massachusetts that commemorated the contributions of area citizens at the Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775), the first battle of the American Revolution.
		Lexington Minuteman representing John Parker Minutemen is a name given to members of the militia of the American Colonies, who would be ready for battle in a minutes notice.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Lexington-and-Concord (11114 words)

	Battles of Lexington and Concord at AllExperts
		The Lexington men dispatched riders in all directions (except south to Waltham for unknown reasons) and Revere and Dawes continued along the road to Concord.
		The militiamen of Concord were undecided whether to wait until they could be reinforced by troops from towns nearby, or to stay and defend the town, or to move east and greet the British Army from superior terrain.
		The issue of which side was to blame faded during the nineteenth century, and Lexington and Concord took on an almost mythical quality in the American consciousness.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battles_of_lexington_and_concord.htm (7010 words)

	WPI Department of Military Science - Battle of Lexington & Concord Abstract (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As the British marched towards Concord, the entire countryside had been alerted to their presence, and rebel militia was deployed to meet them.
		Lexington Militia Captain John Parker had heard of the events at Salem, and collected his men on Lexington Green to face the British column.
		The short battle at the bridge was a rout, and the British abandoned the bridge, retreating to Concord center.
	www.wpi.edu /Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_lex.html (692 words)

	Lexington and Concord, battles of - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, BATTLES OF [Lexington and Concord, battles of] opening engagements of the American Revolution, Apr. 19, 1775.
		History of the siege of Boston, and of the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill,...., 4th ed.
		The nineteenth of April 1775; exhibiting a fair and impartial account of the engagement fought on that day, chiefly in the towns of Concord, Lexington, and Menotomy, between a detachment...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LexingN1C1.asp (401 words)

	Battle of Lexington and Concord (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19 1775 was the first engagement or battle the American Revolutionary War.
		Lexington and Concord were significant at the The reaction to this battle throughout the and in Britain set the ground for six years war.
		Most Americans know that the "battles" of Lexington and Concord followed Paul Revere's famous ride to every Middlesex village and farm to warn that the British were coming.
	www.freeglossary.com /Battle_of_Lexington_and_Concord (1594 words)

	The Battles of Lexington and Concord
		Concord is a village twenty miles northwest of Boston, and was the objective of a British expedition in 1775 that opened the War of Independence with the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
		This attitude in London not only ensured that the news of Concord and Lexington was received with great surprise, but also meant that Gage had not received the major reinforcements he had called for.
		Operations began with an attempt to seize a cache of arms reported to be at Concord, a town 20 miles from Boston, past the village of Lexington.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/misc/lexconcord.html (1033 words)

	First War- Lexington & Concord (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military actions of the Revolutionary War.
		The Battles of Lexington and Concord had major effects on not only the 13 colonies, but the whole world.
		Mean while at Lexington, an army of minutemen, led by Captain John Parker, marched onto the battlefield.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/firstwar77/lex.html (445 words)

	Today in History: April 19
		At Lexington Green, the British were met by 77 American Minute Men led by John Parker.
		At the North Bridge in Concord, the British were confronted again, this time by 300 to 400 armed colonists, and were forced to march back to Boston with the Americans firing on them all the way.
		Works of American art and literature were inspired by events at Lexington and Concord.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/apr19.html (1353 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The battle of lexington: The Battle of Lexington
		This attitude in London not only ensured that the news of Concord and Lexington was received with great surprise, but also meant that Gage had not received the major reinforcements he had called for.
		Operations began with an attempt to seize a cache of arms reported to be at Concord, a town 16 miles from Boston, past the village of Lexington.
		At Lexington a relief column under Brigadier- General Hugh Percy lessened the pressure, although there were renewed attacks on the route back to Boston.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/E/lexington/lexingxx.htm (781 words)

	Scott Ostermiller's Research Paper (1998)
		The battle of Lexington was a brief fight that marked the first war-like conflict.
		He was the hero of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
		The Sons of Liberty were watching and when the British set out for Concord, they hung two lanterns in the Old North Church tower in Boston as a signal that the redcoats were fast on their way.
	ffjh.davis.k12.ut.us /thompson/scotto.htm (959 words)

	Editorial... "Hidden Concord": Keeping History Real
		Concord's history is taught in schools not only throughout the United States, but all over the world.
		Concord's history has become an international icon; unfortunately, icons can become stale and static, by definition losing their detail and richness and full measure of truth.
		Because the Concord Homepage has not had the resources to create an original survey of Concord's history we have had to in large part depend upon readily-available sources (see at right for exceptions to this).
	www.concordma.com /magazine/april98/realhx.html (581 words)

	Battles of Concord and Lexington
		British troops occupied Concord and a detachment was sent to the North Bridge.
		Just beyond Lexington the British forces were rescued by a force of 1000 reinforcements led by Lord Percy.
		Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution by Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon
	www.multied.com /revolt/lexington2.html (511 words)

	Academic Paper on The Battles of Lexington and Concord
		The Battles of Lexington and Concord Between 1754 and 1763 the American militia fought side by side with the British in a series of battles, known as the French and Indian War.
		These costly battles left the British government in debt; this caused their Parliament to impose a series of taxes on the Colonies.
		Concord and Lexington which started the Revolutionary war had a great impacts and results.
	www.researchaid.com /paper/The_Battles_of_Lexington_and_C-139102.html (174 words)

	American America History - Revolutionary War: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
		The battles of Lexington and Concord were neccessary battles to the American Revolutionary War because they started the very thing that made our country free.
		The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the very first battles of the Revolutionary War.
		The first shot fired at this battle was the famous "Shot heard around the world." It was called that because it affected the history of the world greatly.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=21514 (1230 words)

	British Battles - analysing and documenting British Battles from the previous centuries
		The Battle of the Nile: Nelson's famous victory over the French fleet on 1st August 1798, leaving Napoleon stranded with his army in Egypt.
		The loss of the guns at the Battle of Colenso in the Second Boer War….
		Concord and Lexington, Bunker Hill, Quebec 1775, Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Fort Washington, Trenton, Princeton, Ticonderoga 1777, Hubbardton, Bennington, Brandywine Creek, Freeman’s Farm, Paoli, Germantown, Saratoga, Monmouth, Camden, King’s Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse and Yorktown.
	www.britishbattles.com (604 words)

	Battle at Lexington Green, 1775 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the predawn light of April 19, the beating drums and peeling bells summoned between 50 and 70 militiamen to the town green at Lexington.
		I have been intimately acquainted with the inhabitants of Lexington, and particularly with those of Captain Parker's company, and, with one exception, I have never heard any of them say or pretend that there was any firing at the British from Parker's company, or any individual in it until within a year or two.
		After dispersing the Lexington militia, the Redcoats marched on to Concord where a battle with a large patriot contingent forced a bloody retreat back to Lexington and then to Boston.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /lexington.htm (934 words)

	Battles of Lexington and Concord
		Gage learns that a large supply of gunpowder is stored at Concord, and decides that he must act.
		Worcester Polytechnic R.O.T.C. The Battles of Lexington and Concord
		The Battle of Lexington Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, 10th Regiment of Foot, to Governor Gage
	www.openhistoryproject.org /indexing/lexington.htm (199 words)

	Battle Of Lexington And Concord in directory.co.uk
		From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The battle of lexington:...
		The Towns of Concord and Lexington have bot h...
		the Commemoration of the Concord Conflict at the...
	www.directory.co.uk /Battle_of_Lexington_And_Concord.htm (227 words)

	The American Revolution (Lexington & Concord)
		Captain John Parker, who is in command of the minutemen and militia at Lexington, watches as a scout, Thaddeus Bowman, gallops with his horse over the rise and reports the situation.
		Samuel Prescott, the famous “other rider” and Son of Liberty, rides into Concord at 2:30 AM on April 19 to warn the population of the oncoming British presence.
		Drawing on intensive new research, Fischer guides readers through the world of Boston's revolutionary movement, recreates the fateful events on the eve of battle, and provides a fresh interpretation of the battle that began the war at Lexington and Concord.
	theamericanrevolution.org /battles/bat_lex.asp (1139 words)

	Patriots Day by Jim O’Keefe
		The holiday commemorates the ride of Paul Revere, and the battles of Lexington and Concord in the colony which birthed the American Revolution.
		Concord was two towns removed, a summer bicycle ride away, and Lexington a school field trip several times taken.
		Then I recount that it was the date of Paul Revere’s midnight ride, and the battles of Lexington and Concord, where the American colonists had shot back at their rulers in response to the Redcoat’s attempt to seize the guns and ammo stores of the colonial militia.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig7/okeefe1.html (1086 words)

	Lexington and Concord (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As the British marched away from Lexington and on to Concord, they left in their wake eight militia dead and nine wounded.
		Samuel Prescott, a dedicated Son of Liberty, rode into Concord at approximately 2:30am, April 19th, with the news that the regulars were marching from Boston, and were bound for Concord.
		Concord's two minuteman companies and two militia companies were mustered in front of Wright's Tavern.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/LEXCON.HTM (2300 words)

	Battles of Lexington and Concord
		On these companies' arrival at Lexington, I understand, from the report of Major Pitcairn, who was with them, and from many officers, that they found on a green close to the road a body of the country people drawn up in military order, with arms and accoutrement, and, as appeared after, loaded.
		Other sources confirm that the horse was wounded at the Battle in Lexington but that on the march back to Lexington, his horse (the same?), frightened by a sudden volley, threw him off and escaped, obliging him to continue on foot.
		At Concord he labored with Smith to convince the inhabitants that the British meant no injury, but apparently without complete success, since, according to Smith's report, one of the townspeople struck him.
	www.winthrop.dk /majpit5.html (1969 words)

	The Battle of Concord Lexington
		Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to warn the villages on the route to Concord and the Congress.
		The troops marched on to Concord where such supplies as had not been removed were destroyed.
		It is claimed that the fight at Lexington was begun by Major Pitcairne firing his pistols at the Americans.
	www.britishbattles.com /concord-lexington.htm (726 words)

	The American Revolution - The Making of America and Her Independence
		Boston was under British siege, and before that siege was climaxed by the costly British victory usually called the battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) the Congress had chosen (June 15, 1775) George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Armed Forces.
		The Battle of Lexington and Concord - April 19, 1775
		Map showing the locations of the battles of Lexington, Concard, Saratoga, Trenton, Princeton and Yorktown in the New England and Virginia Colonies at the start of the American Revolution.
	www.americanrevolution.com /his_battles.html (416 words)

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