First Spy Organization

The case in the relentless early months of the war, when Gen.George chanced an poorly equipped, poorly trained army of volunteers against one of the more impressive military organizations of the 18th century. Topnotch force enabled the British to forces to push back the Revolutionaries from their defensive structure in Boston and some places of New England.

The British where the first to fire the shot. “A redcoat soldier raised his musket, leveled it at Father, and fired.” This quote from document C indicates the British shot first. “He desired us to mind our places which we did when they gave us a fire.” This quote indicates that the Americans had orders to stand their ground and not fire unless the British fired first. Well, an entire war broke out and since the Americans weren’t supposed to fire the British had to be the ones to fire. “Whereby they killed eight and wounded several others; that the regulars continued their fire until those of said company, who were neither killed nor wounded, had made their escape.” Eight of the colonists were killed but on the other hand only a few people

The question who fired the first shot in Lexington is hard to answer. but I know that the colonist fired first on April 19, 1775. Which created the revolutionary war that liberated the colonist from the British. The cause of this conflict between the British and colonist is due to the British’s acts they put on the colonist. For example, the intolerable acts which made the colonist angry towards the British.

I believe that it was the British Troop’s fault. They really did not have to shoot the colonists. Even if it was for self-defense, they did not have to shoot. The colonists were only just protesting. It is the British Troop’s fault because they sent more troops to Boston, they panicked, and they killed and injured colonists.

Paul revere was riding home with Samuel Dawes and William Prescott and noticed the British were marching toward Lexington in large numbers. He also noticed the were heavily armed and were ready to fight. He rode north through the streets of Lexington, Concord, and other various small

Governor Gage sent troops to Concord to recover weapons from the colonists. Patriots found out this secret plan. Paul Revere, Robert Newman, William Dawes alert the minutemen.

The British response to this was the attempted arrest of Johns Hancock and Samuel Adams and an army of British solders set a course from Boston to Concord to carry out the orders. In Lexington the British army ordered the Minute man to disperse and in the confusion a shot was fired provoking both sides into firing on each other. This was called the shot heard around the world and the start of the Revolutionary

Though the Shot Heard 'Round the World began the Battle of Lexington, the Shot Heard 'Round the World was caused by the Boston Tea Party. Samuel Adams led the Sons of Liberty in a rebellion against the Stamp Act. They disguised themselves as Indians and dumped tons of

patriots in Concord to hide their guns from the British. “But Prescott got through and was able to warn the

England made any town meeting, except authorized by the governor illegal, and housed British soldiers in select public buildings. In Massachusetts the British military governor, General Gage, ordered his 3,500 British soldiers in Boston to seize armories and storehouses in Charlestown and Cambridge. After the seizure, 20,000 colonial militiamen mobilized to protect other military supply depots and in the town of Concord the famous defensive force, the Minutemen, were organized.2 With these acts Parliament declared that Massachusetts was in open rebellion. British Secretary of State, Lord Dartmouth, quickly ordered Gage to send his soldiers on a search and destroy mission to capture colonial leaders, and military supplies in Concord. “At the same time Gage would attempt to find, capture, or kill John Hancock and Samuel Adams.”3 The stage was set for the first major engagements of the American Revolution.

British men were tasked with seizing arms in Concord. The minutemen and redcoats crossed paths in Lexington and Britain was forced to retreat back to Boston. This was a major victory for the Patriots which bolstered their confidence and influenced other people to join the Patriot cause because they had a fighting chance. Bunker Hill- The area near Boston where colonists fortified Bunker Hill which overlooked Boston.

It was a war of when the British or “redcoats” exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Also described as “the shot heard ‘round the world,” it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation. I grew up in a difficult time. Things were very difficult. I started to get very nervous and worried about what could happen and why things happened when they did, about the Revolutionary War.

Before the American Revolution, there are several British Colonies in the Americas. Not all of them participated in the revolution. There were 13 clones which ended up rebelling. These were Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mary land,North Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island. The colonists wanted to be free from the England. They started to fight the soldiers of the English army in 1775. The Americans started a war with England. We call it the Revolutionary War. The American Revolution was on April 19, 1775 and is called the “shot heard around the world” It was named that because the hand draw action of the battles of Lexington and concord an the siege of Boston

Allen and his troops took the cannons of the fort to the armies that needed them. In May of 1775, 17,000 men headed to Breed’s Hill for the start of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The patriots saw the redcoats waiting at the bottom of the hill, and started digging trenches. The patriots got reinforcements from the patriots around the hill. The redcoats started marching up the hill and they waited until they “saw the whites of their eyes” to shoot, and when they “saw the whites of their eyes,” they opened fire. The redcoats retreated and tried a second charge without changing their tactics. The redcoats tried three times before the patriots ran out of ammunition and retreated. The redcoats suffered 40% casualties in battle while the patriots only had a handful die. General Gage took this battle as a victory, even though they suffered more

The British were informed that the colonists had weapons near Concord and went to find them, but the colonists were also informed that the British were going Concord. On the way to Concord, the British encountered a group of Minutemen in Lexington who were ready to battle, but the British easily won and many Minutemen were dead or wounded. Despite the loss, the colonists were willing to fight for freedom. Even though they knew they did not have a chance, they were willing to risk their lives. When the British reached Concord, they did not find guns, but they found Minutemen and soon the British were fleeing. The Minutemen would hide and every time they found a fleeing redcoat they would should at them and this was tactic that the British had not seen and it caused them to lose many men. America had a major debt problem after the Revolutionary War, but they were willing to deal with that because getting their freedom was so important to them. The mentality that the colonists had during the war allowed them to succeed and create their