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Many people believe Paul Revere but it was Samuel Prescott that delivered the message to the colonist in Lexington.

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Q: What alerted the colonists that the British were coming in 1775?
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Who was the colonist who warned the british were coming by horseback?

April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and other colonists learned of the British plan to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams and to raid the colonists military supplies, so they rode ahead and alerted the minutemen.


Who went to war in 1775?

colonists and the british


What were the initial goals of the colonists in 1775?

THE BRITISH TROOPS SENT


When did colonists and the British troops confront at Lexington?

They confronted the Lexington in 1775


Where did the British soldiers and American colonists clash in April 1775?

sparta


What type of colonists would have been unlikely to have grievances against the British government by April 1775?

All colonists would have had a grievance against the British government by April 1775. This was due to the invasions that the British troops conducted, the unfair taxation on products needed by the colonists, and other such unfair treatment that the British were passing to these people.


Who barges into the Meeker Tavern in April 1775 and with what news?

Paul Revere saying the British are coming the British are coming!


What did Paul Revere do that was so big?

He is best known as a pre Revolutionary War courier, for his ride from Boston to Concord, on April 18, 1775, to caution the colonists that the British were coming.


How did life Change in the colonists by mid 18th century?

Colonists were under British rule following the French and Indian War. The British put taxes on tea and this angered colonists. The Revolutionary War broke out in 1775.


When did Colonists and British troops confront at Lexington?

The battle of Lexington was on Lexington Green, Massachusetts on April 19th 1775 between the rebels and the government forces. British won.


What colonists would have been unlikely to have grievances against the British government by April 1775?

none of the above


Which British action caused colonists to form militias in 1774 and 1775?

Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)