A first book in American history with European beginnings . Lexington /V\« The First Bat-tlegrounds ofthe Revolu-tion. of General Gage, withJohn Hancock andSamuel Adams at itshead. Nor was this decid-ed to have an armyof her own to defend. her rights. Minutemen/#thesoldiers were called, because they agreed to be ready tofight at a minutes notice. Arms and ammunition werecollected, and stored in Concord. Before long, news of this hiding place reached GeneralGage. He determined to send a secret expedition to takethe stores. Nothing seemed easier. Moreover, he knewthat John Hanc
A first book in American history with European beginnings . Lexington /V\« The First Bat-tlegrounds ofthe Revolu-tion. of General Gage, withJohn Hancock andSamuel Adams at itshead. Nor was this decid-ed to have an armyof her own to defend. her rights. Minutemen/#thesoldiers were called, because they agreed to be ready tofight at a minutes notice. Arms and ammunition werecollected, and stored in Concord. Before long, news of this hiding place reached GeneralGage. He determined to send a secret expedition to takethe stores. Nothing seemed easier. Moreover, he knewthat John Hancock and Samuel Adams were visiting in atown called Lexington. Why not kill two birds with one 211 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY stone and direct his soldiers to march to Concord by wayof Lexington? Thus they could seize not only the sol-diers arms, but also their rebel leaders. The plan seemed perfect. So at dead of night onApril 18, 1775, General Gage ordered nearly eight hundredredcoats to slip quietly out of Boston and march throughthe darkness to Lexington. The start was made. However, there was one thing General Gage did notcount upon. He did not know that Paul Revere had «$
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