Why were the battles in lexington and concord important?

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.

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