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why did the colonists take the higher ground at concord?

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It's easier to defend yourselves from higher ground -- you can fire weapons (rocks, boulders, bullets...) better from higher than from lower ground!

http://webbzterx.tripod.com/id44.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02E6DA1738E633A2575AC1A9679D946596D6CF

http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
Scroll down to section IX, number 6.
thanks!
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