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Reasons For The Assassination Of John Parker
“STAND YOUR GROUND. DON’T FIRE UNLESS FIRED UPON. BUT IF THEY MEAN TO HAVE A WAR, LET IT BEGIN HERE!”
Said by leader of the Lexington militia, Captain John Parker. On April 19, 1775, gunshots were heard all around the world. We, the continental army and patriots were up against the world’s strongest nation in the Battle of Lexington and Concord. A British party, led by Major John Pitcairn who claims that the colonists were scaredy cats and will run away once seeing the British army, comes upon Captain John Parker’s army. Parker’s army faced with several armed redcoats back away to move home; only a few remain. The men of Lexington wait and wait till the British comes and then there it goes.. the shot fired from an unknown side resulted in a

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