Lexington and Concord

In 1775 British government stop taxing the colonists and started to ignore them. And this was leading to a war of independence. In April of the same year, the colonists leadears were in a Massachussetts Congress and they agree to take out General Thomas Gage from leading this colony. some of them were Samuel Adams and John Hancock. The British government ordered Thomas gage to arrest this leaders but they were already in home in lexington. So the general very angry send his army to concord to destroy some arms and amunnition he heard the colonist had stored there. Thomas Gage arrange his troops and on April 18, of 1775 he was going to attack bostonians. Paul reviere get the news that British were going to attack so he went on his horse trying to deliver the message. He arrived on midnight and gave the famous message to John hancock "THE BRITHISH ARE COMING". Later British troops arrived and people form lexington most known as minutemen were formed ready to fight with the British. they were ordered to disperse but they didn't do it so someone fired a shoot and all started shooting. After the shooting, 8 minutemen were dead. When British were going back to boston, a big group of minutemen hide behind some trees and started shoting the british.