The British marched on Lexington and Concord primarily to capture rebel leaders and take away stores of ammunition. The British aimed to suppress the growing revolutionary activities by targeting military supplies that the colonists had stockpiled and to arrest key figures of the American Revolution like Samuel Adams and John Hancock. This march resulted in the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Why did the British march on Lexington and Concord?
to capture military leaders and the people who had dumped the tea in Boston
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to stop the Continental Congress and find a hidden store of weapons
to capture rebel leaders and take away stores of ammunition
to help other soldiers under attack and remove colonial leaders from power
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