When, on April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston to the nearby town of Concord to seize a cache of weapons; some forty-nine Americans and seventy-three British soldiers died in skirmishes. True / False.

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Sonia Mendez

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5 May, 19:01

When, on April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston to the nearby town of Concord to seize a cache of weapons; some forty-nine Americans and seventy-three British soldiers died in skirmishes. True / False.

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Laurel Knapp · Answer 1

False.

Explanation:

The figures provided here are not correct. Some 3,500 militiamen that opened fire on the British troops at both Concord and Lexington on April 19, 1775, managed to kill or wound about 250 Redcoats, while suffering 90 men killed or wounded in their own ranks. These clashes were the opening shots of the Revolutionary War.