<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the American Revolutionary War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Romanticized 19th - century depiction of Battle of Lexington </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19, 1775; 242 years ago (1775 - 04 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Middlesex County, Massachusetts Lexington: 42 ° 26 ′ 58.7" N 71 ° 13 ′ 51.0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.449639 ° N 71.230833 ° W ﻿ / 42.449639; - 71.230833 ﻿ (Lexington) Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ′ 58.7" N 71 ° 13 ′ 51.0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.449639 ° N 71.230833 ° W ﻿ / 42.449639; - 71.230833 ﻿ (Lexington) Concord: 42 ° 28 ′ 08.54" N 71 ° 21 ′ 02.08" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.4690389 ° N 71.3505778 ° W ﻿ / 42.4690389; - 71.3505778 ﻿ (Concord) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Strategic American victory </P> <Ul> <Li> British forces succeed in destroying cannon and supplies in Concord </Li> <Li> Militia successfully drive British back to Boston </Li> <Li> Start of the American Revolutionary War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19, 1775; 242 years ago (1775 - 04 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Middlesex County, Massachusetts Lexington: 42 ° 26 ′ 58.7" N 71 ° 13 ′ 51.0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.449639 ° N 71.230833 ° W ﻿ / 42.449639; - 71.230833 ﻿ (Lexington) Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ′ 58.7" N 71 ° 13 ′ 51.0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.449639 ° N 71.230833 ° W ﻿ / 42.449639; - 71.230833 ﻿ (Lexington) Concord: 42 ° 28 ′ 08.54" N 71 ° 21 ′ 02.08" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.4690389 ° N 71.3505778 ° W ﻿ / 42.4690389; - 71.3505778 ﻿ (Concord) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Strategic American victory </P> <Ul> <Li> British forces succeed in destroying cannon and supplies in Concord </Li> <Li> Militia successfully drive British back to Boston </Li> <Li> Start of the American Revolutionary War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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