[Pharmboy]

To disarm them. There were many riots in Boston (Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party) between 1770 and 1775; from 1765 to 1770, most of the action against the Crown took place in New York City, but then shifted north.

Remember: the reason the Brits marched to Lexington Mass. was that they heard the colonists had arms stored out there. They were serious about disarming the Patriots.

[prion]

Oh! I see...this is the continentals disarming the colonists. Gotcha. I assumed it was post-revolution (for some reason).

[El Gato]

Remember: the reason the Brits marched to Lexington Mass. was that they heard the colonists had arms stored out there.

Actually they heard Sam Adams was out there, along with other Patriot leaders, they were, but not when the Redcoats finally got there. The Regulars were also on their way to Concord, which is where they "heard" that the colonial militia stores were located. They were there too, and the Regulars burned some of them, although not the 3 militia cannon, which where buried (sans carriages, the Brits burned those) in a field not far from the "Old North Bridge". But they also ran into huge numbers of PO'd militia, who chased them back to Lexington, where a Regular relief column, with cannon, saved their bacon. Even the relief column was vastly outnumbered the every growning numbers of militia, some from tens of miles away. If it hadn't been for the cannon, most likely not a single Redcoat would have made it back to Boston. As it was many did not, including a couple felled at the "Old North Bridge" where the shooting started with the "shot heard 'round the world".