On April 19, 1775, the British troops marching to Concord had several aims in mind. Primarily, they intended to uncover and destroy arms that had been reportedly hidden there by the colonists. Secondarily, they were to identify and apprehend several independence-minded patriots who were rumored to be in hiding somewhere in the town.
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They had a war after a man of the English said "will do no fire untill a triger is pulled" then the British solder fired and everyone had a war but too it is too bad that the militia lost 2nd Attempt. The militia would not give up and they went back to war and defeated 90 British and wounded 174 and the militia won
The British did not capture Concord.
After Lexington, the British went to Concord, Massachusetts.
It took about 7 miles to get from Lexington to Concord.
At Lexington, 8 Americans were killed and 10 wounded. At Concord and on the march back to Boston, the Redcoats killed 2 more Americans. When the Redcoats reached Boston, 250 British soldiers had been killed or wounded.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were important for they were the first battles of the Evolutionary War. These battles occurred on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex county which is a province of then Massachusetts Bay (now just Massachusetts) within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Mentomy (now Arlington), and Cambridge. These towns are just outside of Boston.