Dartmouth18 April 1774
Sends soldiers to capture a military store, they are intercepted by "minute men"
Great Britain · Warfare / American War of Independence. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Sends soldiers to capture a military store, they are intercepted by "minute men"
The first shots of the American war of Independence are fired
Uses troops to seize military stores & precipitates the Battle of Lexington
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