What were the two towns near Boston where the first battles of the American Revolution were started?

Answer 1

Concord was one, Lexington the other.

Answer 2

On the night of April 18, 1775, General Gage sent 700 men to seize munitions stored by the colonial militia at Concord, Massachusetts. Riders alerted the countryside (Paul Revere was one of them), and when the British troops entered Lexington on the morning of April 19, they found 77 minutemen formed up on the village common. Shots were exchanged, and the British moved on to Concord, where there was more fighting. By the time the British struggled to return, thousands of militiamen had arrived on the scene; a rescue mission finally escorted the survivors to Boston. The British suffered 39% casualties, the Americans 2%. The British had lost the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and the war had begun.

From all over New England militia units converged on Boston, bottling up the British in the city. About 4,500 more British soldiers arrived by sea, and on June 17, 1775, British forces under General William Howe seized the Charlestown peninsula at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The British assumed the Americans would quickly break and run in the face of a determined attack. The British lost 42% of their assault troops, with 228 dead and 826 wounded, their heaviest losses of the war. The siege was not broken, and Gage was soon replaced by Howe as the British commander-in-chief.[7]

In July 1775, newly appointed General Washington arrived outside Boston to take charge of the colonial forces and to organize the Continental Army. The standoff continued throughout the fall and winter. In early March 1776, heavy cannon that the Patriots had captured at Fort Ticonderoga were placed on Dorchester Heights, overlooking the British positions. Howe's situation was now untenable, and the British evacuated the city on March 17, 1776, sailing for temporary refuge at the Royal Navy's base at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Washington then took most of the Continental Army to fortify New York City

Answer 3

The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired at Lexington where armed colonists tried to resist British seizure of an arsenal. 8 Americans died in the skirmish. By the time the British returned to their lines, 273 British were killed, three times more than the number of colonists killed. The Revolution began.

The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775 and they declared themselves the government. They also named George Washington Commander in Chief of the newly organized army.

In June 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in about 400 American and 1,054 British casualties. The first major battle of the War gave the Americans great confidence.

Skirmishes in late 1775 led to the capture of Ft. Ticonderoga in New York and a win at the Battle of Crown Point, under the command of Ethan Allen. However, Benedict Arnold's attempt to capture Canada for the Americans failed.

Answer 4

Concord and Lexington.