Lexington and Concord
First revolutionary skirmishes
Lexington and Concord are towns in Massachusetts where the first battles of the American Revolutionary War occurred on April 19, 1775.
British troops marched to seize colonial weapons; colonial militiamen resisted.
The phrase evokes the beginning of armed American resistance to British rule: the shot heard round the world.
They studied Lexington and Concord in history class.
- Paul RevereColonial warning horseman
- midnight rideTravel at the darkest hour
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
shot · Samuel Adams · Minutemen · colonial militia · British regulars · King George III · Sons of Liberty · liberty tree · Boston Tea Party · dawn · midnight · April · redcoat · red coats · bridge · powder · musket · George Washington
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- Concord HistoryMinutemen, Walden Pond, Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott
- New England historyMassachusetts, Boston, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritans
- Colonial WarsFrench and Indian War, Boer Wars, King Philip's War, Boer War, Mahdist War
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- 18th Century WarsSeven Years War, American Revolution, French Revolution, Great Northern War, War of Austrian Succession
Lexington and ConcordYorktown
Virginia siege site
Battle of Yorktown · Treaty of Paris · Appomattox · war's end · final battle
Lexington and ConcordBoston Massacre
1770 deadly colonial confrontation
Intolerable Acts · Stamp Act · Loyalism · British occupation · martial law
Lexington and Concorddiplomatic negotiation
Official discussion between nations