LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, BATTLES OF

opening engagements of the American Revolution, Apr. 19, 1775. After the passage (1774) of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament, unrest in the colonies increased. The British commander at Boston, Gen. Thomas Gage, sought to avoid armed rebellion by sending a column of royal infantry from Boston to capture colonial military stores at Concord. News of his plan was dispatched to the countryside by Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott. As the advance column under Major John Pitcairn reached Lexington, they came upon a group of militia (the minutemen). After a brief exchange of shots in which several Americans were killed, the colonials withdrew, and the British continued to Concord. Here they destroyed some military supplies, fought another engagement, and began a harried withdrawal to Boston, which cost them over 200 casualties.

See studies by A. French (1925) and A. B. Tourtellot (1959, repr. 1963).

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books on: Lexington and Concord Battles Of  - 263 results

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Paul Revere's Ride
Book by David Hackett Fischer; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: Concord, Battle Of, 1775, Lexington, Battle Of, 1775, Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, Revere, Paul--1735-1818
...Lexington and Concord Richard Frothingham...Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill...Hudson, "The Concord Fight," Harpers...monograph on the battle with much useful...The Battle of Lexington, with Personal...
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12 Decisive Battles of the Mind: The Story of Propaganda during the Christian Era, with Abridged Versions of Texts That Have Shaped History
Book by Gorham Munson; Greystone Press, 1942
Subjects: Propaganda
...principles, it criticized British policies; but it disclaimed the idea of independence. Then came the battles of Lexington and Concord and the sitting of the Second Continental Congress. Even so, as Charles A. and Mary R. Beard have observed...
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Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity
Book by David Hurst Thomas; Basic Books, 2000
Subjects: Anthropology--United States--History, Indians Of North America--Antiquities--Collection And Preservation, Indians Of North America--Ethnic Identity, Kennewick Man, Racism--United States
...Party, things took a nasty turn two years later at Lexington and Concord. In the confusion following the "shot heard round...Continental Congress, when the fighting broke out in Concord. He had been mildly irritated by the Boston Tea Party...
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Representative Plays by American Dramatists
Includes: The Prince of Parthia; Ponteach, or, The Savages of America; The Group, A Farce; The Battle of Bunkers-Hill; The Fall of British Tyranny, or, American Liberty; The Politician Out-witted; The Contrast; Andre; The Indian Princess, or, La Belle Sauvage; She Would Be a Soldier, or, The Plains of Chippewa
Book by Montrose J. Moses; E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918
Subjects: American Drama--Collected Works, Drama
...meet in equal fight our hostile arms. For yet they well remember LEXINGTON, And what they sufferd on that rueful day, When wantoning in savage rage, they marchd Onward to CONCORD, in a firm array, Mock music playing, and the ample flag Of...
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Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island
Book by Gregory J. W. Urwin; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: Wake Island, Battle Of, 1941
...25 Ignoring the inconvenient fact that the Wake battle ended in an American surrender, opinion-makers placed...class as some of the countrys proudest triumphs--Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, Lake Erie, Gettysburg, Mobile Bay...
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Joseph Gould, Planemaker, a Patriot of the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Journal article by Thomas Elliott; The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc., Vol. 62, 2009
Subjects: Gould, Joseph, History, Personal profiles, Tools, United States, Woodworking equipment
...Joseph Gould, Planemaker, a Patriot of the Battle of Lexington and Concord by Thomas Elliott When thinking of a true American...comes to mind is Paul Revere of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Previously, four planemakers have been positively...
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"Far above Our Poor Power to Add or Detract": National Park Service Administration of the Gettysburg Battlefield, 1933-1938
Journal article by Jennifer M. Murray; Civil War History, Vol. 55, 2009
Subjects: Battle of Gettysburg, 1863, Battlefields--History, Battlefields--Portrayals, Battlefields--Protection and preservation, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania--History, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania--Portrayals, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania--Protection and preservation, Historic preservation, Historic sites--Portrayals, Historic sites--Protection and preservation, Memorial monuments--History, Memorial monuments--Protection and preservation, Sepulchral monuments--History, Sepulchral monuments--Protection and preservation, United States. National Park Service--Powers and duties
...relates the history of the battle. He offers a snapshot...interpretations of the battle in the five selected...battlefields include Lexington and Concord, the Alamo, Gettysburg...was not present at the battle of Gettysburg but arrived...to begin writing the battles first history. Forney...
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Journal article; Social Education, Vol. 70, 2006
Subjects: Bibliography--Best books, Book lists, National Council for the Social Studies--Services, Social sciences--Forecasts and trends
...III, IV rainbow icon Let It Begin Here! Lexington Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution. Dennis Brindell...pathos in this re-telling of the events at Lexington and Concord create a story rich in human interest and historical...
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Cooper and the Revolutionary Mythos
Journal article by James Franklin Beard; Early American Literature, Vol. 11, 1976
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill...he reported: The battles of Lexington and Bunkers Hill...said in 1852 that the Battle of Bunker Hill is better...French in The Day of Concord and Lexington, the Nineteenth of...
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Political News and Female Readership in Antebellum Boston and Its Region
Journal article by Ronald J. Zboray, Mary Saracino Zboray; Journalism History, Vol. 22, 1996
Subjects: Boston Massachusetts, History, Newspapers, Politics, Women
...Robert Gray Gunderson, The Log-Cabin Campaign (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1957), 4, 8...Frothingham, History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill (1903; New York: Da Capo Press...
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The Old Wagoner: Daniel Morgan, a Rugged Frontiersman Who Earned the Nickname "The Old Wagoner" While Working as a Teamster, Helped Turn the Tide in America's War for Independence
Magazine article by Charles Scaliger; The New American, Vol. 23, August 6, 2007
Subjects: Battle of Quebec, 1759, Morgan, Daniel--Biography, Soldiers--Biography
...by the news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The Continental Congress...after the retreat from Lexington and were kept hemmed...city of Quebec. The Battle of Quebec, launched...second and decisive battle, known as Bemis Heights...military maneuvers and battles, and being repeatedly...
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Magazine article by Linda C. Joseph; Internet@Schools, Vol. 10, September 2003
Subjects: American Revolution, History, United States
...to General Gage after the battle. Although short, the reports...published in London, shows the battles of Lexington, Concord, and the retreat of the British...battlefield. Music The Drum-Battle of Lexington. Imagine the call to arms...
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Impeachment by the People
Magazine article by Howard Zinn; The Progressive, Vol. 71, February 2007
Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783, Civil disobedience--Analysis, Civil disobedience--Forecasts and trends, Fugitive Slave Act, PATRIOT Act of 2001, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783, United States--Domestic policy, United States--Foreign policy, United States--Military policy
...the American Revolution is usually built around Lexington and Concord, around the battles and the Founding Fathers. What is forgotten...into their own hands, even before the first battles of the Revolutionary War. In 1772, town meetings...
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Money and Politics, the Oldest Connection
Magazine article by Gil Troy; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 21, Summer 1997
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...first heard about Lexington and Concord four days after the battles; Georgians waited...money in his losing battle. The bank also plied...1896 campaign as a battle between the plutocrats...traditional intraparty turf battles. The Democrats...
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...including firsthand visual testimonies of major battles (Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill) and scenes of the early revolutionary...including the Boston Massacre, the battles of Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Long Island, and the British...
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Our Gettysburg; the Battle to Save the Nation Ends on Election Day 2012
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...handiwork of another Concord native, renowned...career. Killed in battle Asa, John and...Asa Melvin, a Concord farmer and the...anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, answering the...action at the First Battle of Bull Run...
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Gun Owners Come Armed with Message; Hundreds Rally in N. Virginia, D.C
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...mark the anniversary of the Revolutionary War battles of Lexington and Concord. They said the date was not chosen to commemorate...anniversary of the Revolutionary War battles of Lexington and Concord, and also the Oklahoma City bombing. Photo...
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Lexington and Concord, Battles Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, BATTLES OF opening engagements...colonial military stores at Concord. News of his plan was...John Pitcairn reached Lexington, they came upon a group...the British continued to Concord. Here they destroyed...
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Concord , Cities, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...high-income suburb of Boston, on the Concord River; inc. 1635. Electronic, metal...there. The site of the Revolutionary battle of Concord on Apr. 19, 1775 (see Lexington and Concord, battles of ), is marked by Daniel Chester French...
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Lexington
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bradford in 1787. Lexington cemetery contains the...news of the battle of Lexington . 2 Town (1990 pop...1775, the first battle of the Revolution was fought there (see Lexington and Concord, battles of ). The site is...
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Bunker Hill, Battle Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Massachusetts
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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