The Battles of Lexington and Concord

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards detailing the key figures, events, locations, and outcomes of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the events of April 1775.

Intolerable Acts

British legislation under which the port of Boston was shut down after the Boston Tea Party and Massachusetts lost its colonial charter.

Committee on Safety

An organization established by the local Congress in Massachusetts that held the authority to call out the colonial militia.

First Continental Congress

A council held in Philadelphia comprising representatives from $12$ of the $13$ American colonies prior to the outbreak of war in April 1775.

Thomas Gage

The British General and Governor who planned a secret expedition to Concord to destroy colonial weapon stockpiles and potentially arrest colonial leaders.

Hancock-Clarke House

The Lexington residence of Reverend Jonas Clarke where Samuel Adams and John Hancock stayed, and which British scouts sought to locate.

Dr. Joseph Warren

The colonial leader who dispatched Paul Revere and William Dawes along separate routes on the night of April 18, 1775, to warn Concord.

Samuel Prescott

The only colonial rider who successfully made it to Concord to warn of the advancing British troops.

Paul Revere

A messenger dispatched to warn Concord who alerted Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington at 12:00 am before being captured by British forces one mile outside Lexington.

William Dawes

A rider sent along a separate route by Dr. Joseph Warren who was thrown from his horse and walked back to Lexington.

Captain Parker

The Patriot commander who ordered militiamen to assemble on Lexington Green, utilizing French and Indian War guerrilla tactics to hide and decide to fight if necessary.

Buckman Tavern

The site in Lexington where Captain Parker's men waited after an hour on the green, and where Samuel Adams delivered a stirring speech ordering them to take a stand.

William Diamond

The drummer who beat his drum as Captain Parker and his militia returned from Buckman Tavern to Lexington Green.

Lexington Green Casualties

The colonial casualties suffered during the confusing initial battle on the green, totaling $8$ dead and $9$ wounded.

North Bridge

The site in Concord where the British retreat began after approximately $2{,}000$ minutemen descended on them, sending the British retreating through Lexington, Arlington, and Cambridge.

Lexington and Concord Casualties

Total losses from the engagement: British suffered $73$ killed, $174$ wounded, and $26$ missing; colonists suffered $49$ killed, $39$ wounded, and $5$ missing.

Battle of Bunker Hill

A subsequent military engagement in Massachusetts that resulted in a British victory.

Dorchester Heights

The site of a British military loss that permanently removed British forces from Massachusetts.