5: "Delenda est Bostonia:" a Congress, Paul Rides, & the First Shot at Lexington
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The Redcoats Are Getting Ready, but Don't Want To.
Militia from lexington and at least one from neighboring wooburn have mustered, but they're now hearing that governor slash general gage's army is not, in fact, coming their way. They decide to stay alert, though, and discuss what to do if these forces actually come? After all, they can't make a stand with only 50 men, or 38, by one militiaman's account, and even 77, according to another version. Clearly both sides are but neither wants this battle. In this situation that all the disagreements and violence that have haunted british north america since 17 63 finally explode.
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