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The Battle at Lexington and Concord  By: Jessica Gussler

 In the morning in Massachusetts of April 19, 1775, the battle of Lexington and concord has begun. This would start the revolutionary war, the battle to freedom. The British began fighting the colonists. Along with the colonists were Samual Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and the leader of the minute men, John Parker. With the British troops were King George III, and William Pitt; whom helped the British in the French and Indian war.

The British Army went to the colony on the purpose to destroy the militas weapons and steal gunpowder without fighting. The Minutemen and the colonists both stood on Lexington soil waiting for their arrival.

They met, the Minutemen and the British stood face to face. Someone fired a shot, and caused the British to fire their guns and the minute men.



They fought the colonists, leaving some dead at Lexington, and many more wounded and hurt in Concord. While this was going on, men and wemon were taking their weapons to hide them in their new hiding place. After the bloody battle, the colonists came to a victory