The 1775 weapons raid that backfired so badly, it turned Massachusetts farmers into Revolutionary soldiers

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The Battle of Concord,1775

The real American Revolution started with 700 British soldiers marching to grab weapons from rebels. What they found instead were 400 angry colonists who had been warned hours before.

The British got their weapons alright, but not the kind they wanted. Three dead soldiers later, they were running for their lives through twenty miles of hell…

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