Battle of Lexington and Concord...Facts

It is made up of two battles. They both started April 18th,1775. The first is the one at Concord, British soldiers were sent to there to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Paul Revere rode through Concord warning evryone about the British attack. When the British army got to Lexington to seize colonist weapons, Minutemen were in a straight line waiting for them. Someone fired a shot at the British soldiers and then all of them fired at the Minutemen. At the end 73 Brits were killed and 49 colonist as well.

The First Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia at the Carpenter's Hall. Delegates from every colony except Georgia attended. It had been the idea of Benjamin Franklin in the past, but after the closing of the Boston Harbor due to the Boston Tea Party it became a true meeting. Some of the important figures that attended the congress were:

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams
• John Jay
• John Dickson

The Boston Massacre

Seven Long Months has faded quite away

Since INNOCENCE itself became prey to Bloody men.

Was it my Eyes deceiv'd me? did I dream Or did I Clearly see through every scene, Bloody Trickling Down? Doth not the Stings of Conscience prick he sore,

In laying Harmless Youths in Bloody Gore Ye Murderers all.

But now at length your trials they draw near.

Can you expect GOD'S righteous Laws to clear [you] In doing this?

Impartial trials we do hope to see And may no Bribes be Giv'n to set you free from Rightful Laws.

Boston Tea Party

After some officials in Boston refused completely to return 3 shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ship and destroyed the Tea by throwing it in the Boston Harbor.

The Tea Party was the end of a "resistance movement" throughout British against the Tea Act ( act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price) which was passed in 1773 by the Parliament. Colonists said they should only be taxed by their own elected representatives.

Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution.

Boston Tea Party

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Place: Boston Harbor

Time: December 16, 1773

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The Boston Massacre

The Boston Tribune: march 5, 1770.

The death of five civilians by the British troops, has concerned the Boston population. Something like this was never seen before and the attack has alarmed Boston people that declare their fellow countrymen were not armed or had no enemies.

Three civilians got killed instantly, eleven were badly injured and two of them had been reported as dead in the hospital.

According to some witnesses, this is a demonstration of what the thirst of power can do to people and how far are the military troops going to go, if people are disagree with their own interests.