Concord

back, the colonists were chasing them back. Paul started to rest after the long chaotic night as if something were never to happen. Where did it happen? Some action took part in Charlestown, Near the Mystic river, Medford town, Lexington, and the concord town. Why did this happen? A quote that mentioned the British soldiers were regrouping was “the boats that the British soldiers kept on the shore were brought back to the warships. We also found that the British soldiers were all taken off…

didn’t but all through the eyes of the British. Hibbert takes time to carefully look at the victories by the Americans. The first battles of the revolution was the battles of Lexington and Concord. Although he talk at the a British victory in the Lexington battle he takes time look more in depth on the battle of Concord seeing exactly how the colonist won and the British forces did not. He speaks about how the colonist, including women, kept a steady fire up against the British. Many of the…

the British Military’s plan. When it was time, Paul Revere rode into Lexington to notify John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were coming. Adams and Hancock escaped before the British Military showed up. He went on to warn the people in Concord but was later arrested and was released right before the end of battle of…

The American Revolution began after the battle of Lexington and Concord which was a location where the Minutemen, or the colonial militia who fought off enemy forces in order to protect the colonies, were located along with their stockpile of supplies. In Lexington and Concord, the minutemen were warned of an oncoming force of 900 British men. They arrived in an open field, a shot was fired and its origin is unknown…

In April 1775, tensions were high the American Colonist and the British leaders were on the verge of war. For instance, Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride to warn two leaders of the Patriots John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British could arrest them any time. Soon after, Adams and Hancock took cover and hid in Lexington, about ten miles Boston. While hiding Adams and Hancock were reading to pounce like a cat on the British. Both men had artillery and were ready just as Revere…

The whole book starts out in the view of the sentry on guard of the customs house. The soldiers have just come in to Boston from out of another city, and the tensions are very very high between the soldiers and the natives of Boston. With all of these tensions a guard describes his experience of him guarding the customs house late at night during winter when a mob quickly appears and advances on him and the other guards that have shown up as the mob has. Then someone yells fire as bells are…

included the true event with facts. For example in the text it states “ After delivering his message, Revere was joined by a second rider, William Dawes, who had been sent on the errand by a different route. Deciding on their own to continue on to Concord, Massachusetts, where weapons and supplies were hidden Revere and Dawes were joined by a third rider, Dr. Samuel Prescott. Soon after, all three were arrested by a British patrol. “ This piece shows that during the event of Paul Revere there…

Introduction People make protests with their voice and think that they are making a change to the world. Yes, it sometimes does make a change, but why don’t not take action and try doing, instead of speaking. To be honest, it is going to take you a long time to just speak your opinion and have it be done. That's not how the world works. Some people think that the Boston Tea Party was an actual tea party where you, sat down and drank tea. However, there's way more to this tea party. It all…

individual who was personally involved in a historical event. They are not telling us what other people witnessed; they are telling us what they witnessed. The primary source that I want to look at is a first-hand account of the battle of Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War, which was written by Lieutenant John Barker. In the next few paragraphs I want to explain a little about who John Barker was, why he wrote this account, and how it can help us teach history. Lieutenant John…

History Quiz #2 1) Both men have two very different viewpoints when it comes to what they thought happened during the massacre. According to the readings, General Thomas Gage is a commander-in-chief of the British Army in America. His side of the story contradicts with Samuel Adams story, who is known as a radical propagandist. According to Gage, he believes the whole situation was premeditated. Gage states that mobs were prancing in the streets, trying to get soldiers to come out. The mob then…