Becky and Liane
The American Revolution jumped into action because of four main events that took place in 1775: The Battle of Lexington, The Battle of Concord, the Second Continental Congress, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. The colonists had been growing tired of Britain keeping a hold over them, and they decided to put together an army of minutemen - civilians who pledged that they would be ready to fight at a minute's notice if the British were to attack. The civilians secretly collected firearms and ammunition until General Thomas Gage got wind of their plans and sent troops to Concord to seize the illegal weaponry. However, Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes had other plans and on April 18, 1775 they set out to warn their fellow colonists of the arrival of 700 redcoats, or British soldiers. The next day 70 minutemen met the redcoats in Lexington, and when someone fired the battle began. In the end, several minutemen were killed, but only one British soldier died.
The British went on to Concord and encountered a few more minutemen. After a brief scuffle the redcoats began to retreat to Boston, but the return suddenly became a much larger battle when 3,000 to 4,000 minutemen arrived. Many British died and that night they made their return to Boston.
During the month of May, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. Although there was a great division between the colonists, the end result was that the colonial militia was recognized as the Continental Army and George Washington was appointed commander.
Soon after, General Thomas Gage decided to get back at the minutemen by attacking them at Breed's Hill, which is located near Bunker Hill. Come June 17, 2,400 redcoats marched up the hill and 1,000 were killed. Only 450 colonists died in battle. The worst battle of the revolution was incorrectly named The Battle of Bunker Hill. By now there was so much anger built up between the the colonists and the redcoats that the American Revolution could not be stopped.
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