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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were engagements fought between British regular soldiers and militia from the colony of Massachusetts on 19 April 1775. The British troops were on their way to seize military supplies stored in the town...

Paul Revere (1735-1818) was an American silversmith born in the British colony of Massachusetts. He was an active member of the Sons of Liberty during the American Revolution (c. 1765-1789) and became a folk hero for his midnight ride in...

The Siege of Boston (19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776) was the first major military operation of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). After the first shots were fired at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, American colonial militias...

Doctor Joseph Warren (1741-1775) was a physician from Boston, Massachusetts, who became an important political leader of the Patriot movement during the early years of the American Revolution (c. 1765-1789). Known for dispatching Paul Revere...

The Battle of Lexington Green (19 April 1775), the first part of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), oil on canvas by William Barnes Wollen, 1910. National Army Museum of London...

During his famous midnight ride, Paul Revere wakes the residents of the town of Lexington, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock who are hiding there, in the hours before the Battles of Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775). Painting by...

The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were five laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1774 to punish the Thirteen Colonies of British North America for the Boston Tea Party. Though the acts primarily targeted...

The Battle of Bunker Hill (17 June 1775) was a major engagement in the initial phase of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), fought primarily on Breed's Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The colonial troops successfully defended...

Fight at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775), oil on board painting by Frank T. Merrill, 1909.

A map of Boston and the surrounding country in 1775, during the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill. By J. DeCosta, 29 July 1775. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Washington D.C.