Several Americans were caught spying on the British and some were executed. Among the most famous was army captain Nathan Hale, a former schoolmaster who was hanged in New York City on September 22, 1776. He is famous for reportedly stating "My only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country."
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The British fired the first shots of American Revolutionary War at Lexington, on April 18,1775.
He was the first person of African ancestry whose birth in a British North American colony is recorded.
Britain. American ideas about liberty and free speech originally came from the British idea of democracy.
The first American-British combat in the American Revolution took place 19 April 1775 at the Battle of Lexington and Concord (Massachusetts). American volunteers and militia fought off three attacks by British regular troops, only withdrawing when they ran short of ammunition and gunpowder for their muskets and cannons.