Important People

Lexington April 18, 1775 “But if they want a war let it begin here”

Located in the village of Lexington west of Boston

Important People John Parker John Hancock Samuel Adams Paul Revere William Dawes Thomas Gage -Captain John Parker 1620 British Colony established in Massachusetts 1760 George III became king of England 1763 The French and Indian War ends with British victory, leaving England deeply in debt 1764 England begins trying to rebuild its treasury through direct taxes on its American colonies 1765 British Parliament passes Stamp Act 1766 Stamp Act is repealed 1768 In response to colonial protests, England sends 4,000 Redcoats to keep order in Boston 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Rebel colonists stage the Boston Tea Party to protest the Tea Act The first shots starting the revolution 1774 The Continental Congress and Massachusetts The side that shot the first shot is Provincial Congress meet and plan a unified resistance were fired at Lexington, 1775 April 16: British plan to raid Lexington and unclear Massachusetts. On April 18, 1775 Concord April 18: Paul Paul Revere and William Dawes On the British soldiers march back (couriers) warn the minutemen British General Thomas Gage sent April 19: Colonial militiamen and minutemen clash with to Boston, they were continually 700 soldiers British forces in Lexington and Concord, launching the harried by colonists firing from Revolutionary War behind barns, trees, and roadside 1776 July 4: Declaration of Independence signed Paul Revere rode to Lexington and 1783 The American Revolution ends. The United States walls. is a new and independent nation alerted Samuel Adams and John 1787 United States Constitution signed Hancock. By the time the British Deaths totaled 273 British and 95 soldiers reached Lexington, Samuel Americans. Adams and John Hancock had escaped. "Fire, fellow soldiers, for God's sake, fire!" -Buttrick The first battle of the American independence war