Question

Fighting began in Lexington and Concord when British troops

A. came to arrest colonial leaders and take colonial weapons.
B. arrived, looking for the Second Continental Congress.
C. thought colonial soldiers had fired on them.
D. captured Paul Revere.

Answer 1

A. came to arrest colonial leaders and take colonial weapons

English General Thomas Gage sent 700 British soldiers to take and destroy weapons from the rebels' armory. Obviously, they were not happy about that.