Battle+of+Concord+by+Wyatt+Kirk

The Battle of Concord April 19th,1775 Paul Revere rode by horseback to Lexington to alert Samual Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming. By time the British got to Lexington Samual Adams and John Hancock had escaped. The colonist had been expecting a fight with the British but didn’t know when. They had gathered a group of militia called Minutemen. They were called Minutemen because they were ready to battle in under a minutes notice. When the British reached Lexington, Captain John Parker and 75 armed Minutemen were ready for battle. The Minutemen were greatly outnumbered by the British. The British soldiers fired killing 8 Minutemen, and injuring 10 others. Although Paul Revere was captured by British scouts before reaching Concord other messages managed to spread before any harm could be done. The Colonists won this battle! The British managed to destroy some of our supplies but did not destroy all of our supplies.