WAR BEGINS: lLEXINGTON AND CONCORD BATTLES

In 1775 the dispute between the British government and the colonists took a drastic turn after the passage of the Coercive acts. The military commander(General). Thomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence. John Hancock and Samuel Adams created a provincial Government Congress to govern Massachussets without Thomas Gage. They also began to stockpile fire arms and ammunations. 

On April, war erupted at lexington and Concord(these are two county towns west of Boston). gage provoked the battles by sending troops to arrest Hancock and Adams in Lexington, these troops then should got to Concord a and take the stockpile from the colonists then tip off by 3 men, Paul Revere, rode his horses to alert the colonists "the british are coming"