What Was the Goal of the British at Lexington and Concord

question 60

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the British at Lexington and Concord?

• A) To wage war against the colonists
• B) To enforce the "Intolerable Acts"
• C) To seize the colonial militia's supply of gunpowder
• D) To arrest Thomas Paine and John Adams
• E) To shut down the First Continental Congress

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