My First Lesson On The Battle Of Lexington And Concord

Have you heard of The Battle of King’s Mountain? This small battle is considered by many “the turning point in the American Revolution”. This battle has many causes, leaders, events, and effects that make it an important and significant.

The Battle of Yorktown was the decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War. The French and American forces laid siege upon the British forces at Yorktown, Virginia and eventually forced the surrender of nearly one-third of the total number of British troops in America. This battle showed that massive loss of life is not the only factor that will determine the victor, as there were a relatively low number of casualties taken by both sides. Instead, it was an aggregate of economic, social, geographical, and weather factors along with a bit of luck when it came to the timing of the major military movements and tactics all led to the success of the Franco-American forces. Had it not been for these combined factors the Battle of Yorktown and the American Revolutionary Was may have had a very different outcome.

Following the war in a loose chronological order, the main turning points of the American Revolution began as the war itself began. Lexington and Concord, while not being “turning points” per say, were the kick-off. What followed was the erroneously name “Battle of Bunker Hill”.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord are the initial battles of the revolutionary war. In the Revolutionary war Britain descovers that the terrnosity of the Americans will not so easily be silenced. Hundreds of British troops, exstimated to be around 700, marched from Boston to Lexington on the evening of April 18, 1775, with secret orders to capture any weapons availble to the American militia. Thanks to the efforts of Paul Revere and William Dawes, who rode from Boston to Lexington in the middle of the night. Colonial leaders John Handcock and Samuel Adams were warned of the intentions of the oncoming redcoats. The British red coats clashed witlh American militia at Lexington on April 19, 1775.

“Throw down your arms! Ye villains, ye rebels” (1775, 04/19: Battles of Lexington and Concord. (2007, June 26). The militiamen, who were greatly outnumbered, were ordered to leave when a shot rang out. No one really knows who fired first, but the British, hearing the shot, fired upon the small group of militia, killing eight and wounding 10 (1775, 04/19: Battles of Lexington and Concord. (2007, June 26).

Men will always fight to defend their property and their independence. This was evident in the Battle of Lexington and Concord which was one of the first battles of the Revolutionary War and the first step towards America’s independence. This battle was fought between the sophisticated British Army, also known as the Redcoats, and local the colonist men also known as minutemen. The colonies were overmatched in size and equipment however that did not stop them from fighting for their weapons and most importantly their rights.

On April 19th, 1775, infantrymen of the British Army clashed with colonial Patriots near Boston, MA. British troops, also known as redcoats, had been in Boston for seven years to ensure that the Intolerable Acts were enforced. Colonists had already demonstrated their displeasure for their king with the Boston Tea Party, and now the British were on the offensive attempting to confiscate the arms of the rebels. Militiamen were alerted and a standoff occurred at Lexington and Concord. History has left us in doubt about which side fired first, triggering the Revolutionary War. But various stories give different accounts. American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson called it the "shot heard 'round the world," and described it as coming from the colonials. There is more reason to believe that the first shot did come from the side of the Patriots simply because they had more to gain by initiating a war. This paper will show why it is more reasonable to believe that the Patriots fired first.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord occurred on 19 April 1775 between the British Regulars and the Patriot Militia, also known today as Americans, in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. “The Battles of Lexington and Concord is often referred to as the “Shot Heard Around the World” and the beginning of the American Revolutionary War” (Fischer, 1994). The Battles of Lexington and Concord consisted of in four events: the skirmish in Lexington between the British Regulars and the Lexington Training Band, the search and seizure of arms, munitions and military stores in Concord, the battles between the Regulars and the militias during the march of the Regulars back to Boston and the surrounding of Boston by the

Between 1765-1783 the American Revolution had many different battles that affected its ending results. One of these battles were the Battle of Saratoga which had a major effect on the American Revolution. This battle displayed the Americans power to the French, convincing them to join the war with the Americans. France supplied the American with their advanced weaponry, financial help, and anything for them to win the war. The Battle of Saratoga became to be known as a major turning point that changed the course of the American Revolution as it showed that the American army led by Horatio Gates had resilience to keep up with the British army and then defeat them, even though the British were thought to have the higher advantage in weaponry, discipline, and economy. This battle was a key reason for the Americans win in the American Revolution.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord was a signal that the War between the colonists and the british was starting. The British were coming to capture the rebel leaders and any weapons that the colonists had. Paul Revere, a colonists, went out with his horse to warn the colonists that the British were coming. The colonist hid the rebel leaders and their weapons. At the Battle of Lexington, a very small fight, around 80 colonists were going up against a huge amount of redcoats. A fight wasn’t expected, but someone shot and they had to start shooting. It was a very small fight, but it marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The Americans ran away toward concord. The British also marched towards Concord. They began searching for weapons,

The Battle of Lexington and the Battle of Concord are two battles that happened on the exact same day, April 19, 1775. The Battle of Lexington was a small fight that started the Revolutionary War. Battle of Lexington was a military conflict between the 13 colonies and the Kingdom of Great Britain. It started with the military governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, who was aware of what the Colonists in the Province of Massachusetts Bay were doing. They were preparing for conflict and, were in possession of weapons and ammunition. On April 14, 1775, General Thomas Cage received orders to disarm the 'rebels' and arrest the leaders of the rebellion. The leaders were Samuel Adams and John Hancock who had been currently in Lexington. A

The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle of American Revolutionary War On September 30th 1781 The Large force of the French and the Continental Army about 15,000 or more marched dip North towards General Cornwallis and 9,000 British troops ready to defend. It took 3 weeks of intense fighting and multiple battles day and night till the Continental army and French broke the defense of General Cornwallis stormed his headquarters and forced him to surrender. Two years later I 1783 the treaty of Paris was signed, this treaty ended the war. Without the Bravery and Honor of The Continental soldiers at Yotktown made America an independent country

The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle for independence in the Revolutionary War. The British came to battle with the militia from Lexington. The first shot was fired by the British according to account 1 states, that the colonists were not going to fire unless fired at. This account is reliable because it was from someone fighting in the battle. As account 4 states, the first shot was fired by the British because the man witnessed the bullets being shot. This account is reliable because he is somebody that witnessed the event happening. Therefore, the British fired the shot heard around the world because they had reliable witnesses that watched the British fire at the colonists in the battle at Lexington and Concord.

In the first battle at Saratoga, occurring on September 19 of 1777, General John Burgoyne attacked the American forces with cannon fire. Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold, the leaders of the American army, responded by leading an infantry into the woods to block a British flank. The battle lasted most of the afternoon. It finally ended when Gates became nervous causing him to pull away from the battle. This left the British in possession of the land known as Freeman’s Farm.

This week I attended all five days of block teaching. Monday was a boring day, because the students were learning the basics of PARCC testing. I just sat there and observed while they took their practice test. The rest of the week Tuesday through Friday I got to teach! I taught my mini unit on the civil rights movement. It was a four day unit and the students really enjoyed it. Having the opportunity to have complete control for four whole days was amazing and a great learning experience for time management. I was able to go at my own pace and my lessons were able to spill over into the next day (this happened a few times). It was so refreshing to not feel rushed and the students got to learn more at their own pace. I really got the feel for classroom management and how planning for a whole week feels like.