History of the United States I / Unit 6 USH1 0752 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lexington and Concord
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The idea
On April nineteenth, seventeen seventy-five, Gage ordered troops to seize a powder magazine at Concord, and Boston riders including Paul Revere alerted the militias.
In practice
Minutemen, veterans of the French and Indian War, meeting the British at Lexington and then Concord.
Where people slip
Seventy-three British soldiers and forty-nine Patriots died during the retreat. The anchor adds that it remains unclear who fired the first shot.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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