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April 14
British Action: King George III ordered Massachusetts Governor Gage to enforce the Coercive Acts and to suppress the “open rebellion” of the colonists by all necessary force.
April 18
British Action: General Thomas Gage ordered 700 British soldiers to march to Concord, Massachusetts, to destroy the colonists’ weapons depot.
April 18
American Action: That night, Paul Revere and William Dawes were sent to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British forces had been ordered to destroy their weapons depot in Concord. Revere reached Lexington about midnight and warned Sam Adams and John Hancock who were holding meetings there.
April 19
British Action: The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts. Seven hundred British soldiers had marched from Boston to Lexington and Concord to destroy colonial munitions. By the end of the day, American casualties totaled 50 killed and 39 wounded, with 73 Redcoats killed and 173 wounded.
April 23
American Action: The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts ordered 13,600 American soldiers to be mobilized. Colonial militiamen and minutemen from all over New England assembled and headed for Boston. This was the beginning of the yearlong siege of British occupied Boston.
May 10
American Action: American forces, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, captured Fort Ticonderoga in New York. The fort contained a large supply of British military equipment and cannons that were hauled to Boston.
May 15
American Action: The Second Continental Congress placed the colonies in a state of defense.
June 14
American Action: Congress established the Continental Army.
June 15
American Action: Congress unanimously appointed George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the new Continental Army.
June 16-17
British Action: The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle between the
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