Captain John Parker, 46, was crippled by tuberculosis when he led 77 volunteers against 700 British regulars in the Battle of Lexington, igniting the American Revolution.
, the source of the colony’s prosperity, and outlawed the cherished tradition of town meeting in communities like Lexington. Colonists were outraged. "Throw down your arms! Ye villains, ye rebels," a British officer, most likely Major John Pitcairn, reportedly ordered the vastly outnumbered American volunteers.Parker and his men defied the order.
He reportedly trained with Rogers’ Rangers. It was a group of New Hampshire soldiers instructed in irregular warfare — guerilla warfare. United States special forces trace their roots to Rogers' Rangers and its"28 rules of ranging today.
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775. Print shows line of minutemen being fired upon by British troops. Engraving, circa 1903. Virginia orator Patrick Henry had called upon his colonists to raise a militia only four weeks earlier, famously demanding,"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
"Many were overcome with emotion and grief at the sight of husbands, sons, brothers, cousins and neighbors lying dead or wounded on the field."The British, with only a few of their men wounded, marched past the carnage and made their way toward Concord, seven miles to the west.
Boston Tea Party, Dec. 26, 1773. Inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts, dressed as American Indians, threw tea from vessels in the harbor into the water as a protest against British taxation:"No taxation without representation." Late 19th century wood engraving. The King's Regulars shoot one last round on Lexington Common during the annual Patriots' Day reenactment of the Battle of Lexington on Apr. 17, 2017.
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