What caused the fighting at Lexington and Concord?
A. The Patriots were protesting the Intolerable Acts instituted by the
British government.
B. The British were trying to take control of colonial weapons stored
in Lexington.
C. The colonists wanted to display a show of force and bravery to the
British government.
D. British troops shot and killed several colonists, and the colonial
militia wanted revenge.
Answer: The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. Instead, their actions sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
