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Lexington Campaign
- Time Period: April 19, 1775
- Area: Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
- Explanation: ??
Opening hostilities of the Revolutionary War occurred at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts when a column of British troops that had moved out of Boston to seize rebel military stores at Concord was assailed by Minute Men and militia. The Massachusetts militia immediately placed the British in Boston under siege.
