18 April 1775 A.D. BOSTON: British Forces March to Seize Arsenal at Concord and to Capture Seditious Insurgents Samuel Adams and John Hancock
18 April 1775 A.D. BOSTON: British Forces March to Seize Arsenal at Concord and to Capture Seditious Insurgents Samuel Adams and John Hancock Editors. “ 1775 – In Massachusetts, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/april-18/ . Accessed 17 Apr 2015. 1775 – In Massachusetts, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen. By 1775, tensions between the American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point, especia...