After the Battles of Lexington and Concord
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- April 19, 1775: About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk, and had moved most of them to other locations. They also received details about British plans on the night before the battle, and were able to rapidly notify the area militias of the military movement. The first shots were fired at Lexington.
So many people forget that we are a nation born in fire and battle. Blessed are those men and women who gave so much for our freedoms.
a country born from a revolution. it may have to happen again.
Long live the Republic and love live the Constitution
they were looking for militia arms and ammunition, so we gave it to them
alex thelizardking lmfao
+Snaggle Toothed so true find a Democrat in blow their brains out
We didn’t give them arms we move them in the middle of the night
Amen...
Amen to that
The smoothbore musket was a horrific beast. Not accurate beyond 50 or 60 yards but at 70 caliber that soft lead ball did horrific damage.
Also, there was a relief force of at least one thousand Redcoats, led by British General Hugh, Earl Percy. These 1700 men in total, however, were set upon by the better part of four thousand militia mean and minute companies by the end of the day. The colonists were very lucky that day; they were better prepared than the British, and more willing to fight. They had no idea, however, that the war started here would go on until 1783, and be fought all over the world.
Both sides were armed with smoothbore muskets -- mostly the so-called "Brown Bess," the standard weapon of the British Army. (Americans would use it as well as French & Spanish made muskets). Effective maximum range was at best 60 yards & both sides tended to shoot high with few dead-shots among them so the low casualty count for both sides is understandable. First unit armed with rifles -- effective range 300 yards -- was Daniel Morgan's Virginians which arrived at Boston in the early summer..
A group of citizen soldiers defending what is rightly theirs 🇺🇸🦅
An yet there descendants tried to over throw that in 01/06/2021
@@thewingedhussar4188 I hear you and I’m not saying what they did was right or wrong but if anything it demonstrated that this country is ruled by the people, for the people and of the people, seeing those politicians running in fear proved that it’s the people that give them power and it’s the people who can take it away when that government becomes destructive as is our right.
@@thewingedhussar4188 you are wrong, the country was born from a revolution and ha;f the population has lost faith in its current government, and that government is trampling on the constitution. the founding fathers would have been there on jan 6th 2021. to think otherwise would be lying.
@@thewingedhussar4188 and yet leftists flood America with illegals south of the border to continue voting for democrat America hating cocksuckers. Democrats hate America and you are my enemy.
@@thewingedhussar4188they were patriots. Next time there won’t be a next time
Sound design gooooood.
Many native units used the Pennsylvania Rifle as did the Royal Ranger Regiments. Thought it was not until after the war I believe that the British army started making its own rifles. From what I hear casualties in this period were mostly due to disease and infection!
I may add, the appeal to heaven flag was flown over merchant ships that assisted in the blockade of Boston during the seige of boston. If i am not mistaken the flag was never carried by ground pounders
Don't forget that leftwing radicals on college campuses in the 1960s and 1970s shanghaied the "Dont Tread on Me" flag for their own purposes, too....
The navy still uses the Dont tread on me flag
Typical liberal doesn't know the real name of the "Don't Tread on Me" flag or the history behind it. Not surprising. Liberals are ignorant mental cases. Which is why I also find it funny a liberal would like the Appeal to Heaven flag more since the statement the flag is making is an appeal to God because of unjust violations by government to man's natural god given rights. Liberals don't believe in God and get offended at the slightest mention of Christianity.
@jake jones *Gadsden flag
@@95thFoot the founding fathers were left wing radicals of their time.
The moment where the children are shouting is touching
The fact that children fought in the revolution breaks my heart.
on the contrary it makes me immensely proud
Children had as much to lose as adults so all of them being that motivated to take on the British and fight for their country makes me damn proud to be an American
@baezalejandro The british suffered 74 dead. That's all. They had about 200 wounded, missing or taken prisoner. It was abad enough day, but i doubt there were piles of British dead as in this scene. The colonists lost about fifty dead, 45 wounded/missing. If there were large groups of casulaties, it would have been in Menotomy and West Cambridge, in and around houses, on the Bay Road in more thickly settled areas.
A monumental work.
How’d they get footage of this
is this a series
@baezalejandro Baz, I'm not sure what you mean, but great well-researched, footnoted works you can rely on would be "Paul Revere's Ride" by David Hackett Fischer, "The Minute Men and Their World", by Robert Gross, "The Whites of Their Eyes" by Paul Lockhart, and John Galvin's "The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution". These books will dispel a lot of notions about this event. The movie- I've since seen it- just perpetuates myths, I'm sorry to say.
What is the name of this series and is it available in the UK
It is "John Adams" based on the biography of the same name by David McCollough
You can find the whole series on piratebay. It is 9 episodes long. It starts with the Boston "Massacre" trial and ends with John Adams death. It's an HBO miniseries.
@95thFoot those were more likely new arrivals to the battle who were unaccustomed to how they should fight as of yet.
@baezalejandro
What historical sources do you base your opinions on? Just because you wish something to be true, doesn't make it so.
@baezalejandro 1) It's not that anyone was waving a flag, it's that no account by anybody who was there, many of which agree in details, mentions flags or pennants, 2) "Undocumented facts" are what they are- no proof. Wishing something were true isn't the same as actually being true. 3) Adams kept extensive diaries. He does mention getting on a horse and going to the battle scene that evening, but mostly he mentions the burned-out houses and refugees still fleeing.
@95thFoot depends what you're talking about. plz site your sources
didnt know that I always thought that the main body of troops were marines from H.M.S. Somerset, H.M.S. Lively, H.M.S. Glasgow, and H.M.S. Asia.
What's your source on that?
@@95thFoot that TV miniseries Sons of Liberty on the history channel had the Marines show up at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Some of you commenters are hilarious.
Kudos to the ones who have done all the research on the battles, good job.
Americans today wouldn't have the balls to fight.
Neither would British people.
Depends on the American.
They would. Americans would. British wouldn't.
Some of the worst fighting took place as the British were marching back to Boston at the village of Menotomy. Even house by house, & room by room.
Too bad it's forgotten in today's school's.
No it's not. I teach the Retreat From Concord as a conclusion to the Midnight Ride. Stop repeating what the ultra-conservative media is peddling. When was the last time you actually stepped into a classroom to observe what is being taught?
@@MonkeyBidness359 ;
Pull your head out of the DNC's ass, TROLL.
You're not teaching, you're brainwashing. Go fuck yourself, Traitor!
@@MonkeyBidness359 I went through our school system recently as I am still young, and they don't teach shit.
@@MonkeyBidness359 you teach crt and other leftist America hating bullshit too?
@@MonkeyBidness359 Sadly I was not taught this either and my school was somewhat prestigious
What was this movie called?
its a show called john adams on hbo
nice historical note added to the video information.
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the troops at lexington and concord were largely made up of the battalion companies of royal marines led by john pitcairn.
There were no "Royal"Marines in 1775. They wouldn't be called that until 1802, almost thirty years later.
Check out Battle Road.
Try this "Riding with Paul Revere by Dennis Philbeck on TH-cam"
Anyone else watching this for the history slides for Mrs. Johnson?
If Joseph Warren had survived the war?
im doing a summary for extra points on this video GO NEELEY !!!!!
did they really chase them back to boston, i dont remember learning about that. It wouldn't make much sense because they were still outnumbered even after the casualties. if someone could tell me and give me a source that would be great as I'm writing about it for a paper.
Yes, they did chase them back to Boston.
yes they did. The colonial militia was constantly gaining strength as the day went on. Every town came out eventually it just took time to walk there. By the end of the day the British were out numbered 4-1. The bulk of the British, which still would have left them out numbered, was still at Castle William in the harbor. The force used was only the Royal Marines and Light Infantry. That's why Major Pitcairn was there. His Marines actually made up the bulk.
The British sent almost half their troops out by the end of the day. They had about 4,000 in Boston in April 1775. 700 as part of the expedition under Smith, and over a thousand as part of the relief force under Percy. The initial force was made up of the the light infantry and grenadier companies of the 4th, 5th, 10th, 18th (grenadier only), 23rd, 38th, 43rd and 52nd regiments, plus those of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Marines. The Marines were a larger part of the relief force, but they were considered second-rate troops at best. They would also not be "Royal" Marines until 1802. Pitcairn was picked as adjutant to Smith because he was on the duty roster for that day.
Well, they were leaving anyway, and their mission was NOT to get in a standup firefight with the colonials.
95thFoot right. the arms were already removed from concord so they burned what, 6 barrels of powder that was left? Chase is a weird word, it was a chase but not after some kind of dramatic loss by the British
Jesus, seeing those kids running with them was...God, that was jarring.
@95thFoot they chased them all the way to boston... it wasn't just a single battle.. they slaughtered them on the road back to base.
The British lost 73 dead out of 1,700+ men. Is that a "slaughter"?
Imagine if a time traveler came to save his great great great grandfather from death, handed him a two way walki-talki/radio.
The America would still be a colony and Native Americans would be their governors and lords, illegal immigrants would be processed and sent to Reservations
Nice.
It's late April, shouldn't there be leaves on the trees?
It was during the Little Ice Age, the leaves were probably later then.
Husky Fan in Mass I totally forgot about that.
In mid April, the trees in Massachusetts do not have leaves on them yet.
It's halfway through May right now. We're just getting them now up here in Maine.
FyllingenOy This is when it wasn't uncommon to get 20-30 inch snows and below zero temperatures as far south as the Carolinas in the winter.
JOHN ADAMS (2008)
@95thFoot its a flag man a fucking flag. those flags were already in use before then. so whos to say he wouldn't leave out a small detail like that? you're picking at nuts and bolts and ignoring the engine.
The details make up the story.
they are all a bunch of kids just about
If anyone wants to glorify war, show them this.
This might be Scotland in a couple of years, given Brexit and all.
Never EVER hope for war.
Never hope for war but also never submit to despotism either
War is hell.
hagamapama So is subission to a despot
Which despot is Scotland submitting to again?
There is no honour in killing. The British and the Colonies could have avoided this senseless war
Easier from a computer screen.
How? The colonists sent appeals to the king and to parliament to be allowed to have their assemblies and elected leadership and be free of taxation without the benefits of representation in parliament. In return the British sent soldiers to disarm the colonies. This was not a senseless war. This was a war to defend not just the right of the colonies but the right of all people, everywhere, to be governed only by those who they choose to govern them.
Trump 2020
Abigail Sockeye Some people just want to watch the world burn
Abigail Sockeye essentially
@@D.M.S. Yes. Which is why we need to keep those Democrats out of office and talk their base out of voting for murderers and freedom hating communists.
No..
Aged like milk.
Where did all the trees come from? Eastern Massachusetts was clear-cut farm and cattle land in 1775.
And that flag? Nobody was waving flags that day, not even the British. Flank companies didn't carry flags.
Adams never even came to the Battle Road after the battle.
Another film pandering to beliefs, short on facts.