Lexington and Concord

Lexington and Concord

1. General Gage

   • in charge of troops in and around Boston
     • sent scouts to check on resistance
       • Sons of Liberty had guns and ammunition in Concord
         • Gage sent 700 soldiers under cover of darkness to Concord; Paul Revere warns of British coming
           • daybreak got to Lexington and militia was practicing; told to disperse, shot rang out; 8 colonists dead
             • British pushed to Concord and found nothing; hit-and-run attacks on British on way back to Boston (73 dead, 200 wounded)
               • British pushed to Concord and found nothing; hit-and-run attacks on British as they headed towards Boston (73 dead, 200 wounded)