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The year is 1775 and the location is Boston.   The area 

is under intense scrutiny. Boston has been the scene of 

revolts by colonists against taxation without 

representation. The most famous revolt being the 

Boston Tea Party.

The British army, called Redcoats, had been stationed in 

Boston because of the public protests. The redcoats 

were garrisoned to enforce the Intolerable Acts, rules 

set in motion after the tea party. The colonists reacted 

by building their militia and arms. The militia, called 

Minutemen, had existed previously to fight off native 

attacks.

The military governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Gage, 

wanted to reign in the colonists and the Minutemen 

before conflict broke out. The plan is to remove militia 

supplies from neighboring Concord and capture rebel 

leaders.  

Gage is handed down orders to execute this plan on 

April 18, 1775.   Redcoats were to march to Concord and 

disarm the Minutemen.   Orders were also given to arrest 

leaders John Hancock and John Adams in Lexington.  

The orders are of the utmost secrecy and only opened 

the day of the mission. 

The colonists and rebel leaders had managed to sleuth 

the information of the British plans and were on high 

alert.   However, they did not know until the night of 

action whether Lexington or Concord would be struck 

first. Paul Revere and William Dawes made famous rides 

to warn citizens and the rebels.

Upon arriving in Lexington it was decided that the British 

force was too large just to arrest two rebel leaders and 

that Concord was the primary target. Riders took off to 

Concord to warn the militia there and to hide the 

munitions. Approximately eighty Minutemen stayed in 

Lexington; not with the focus of fighting.

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