Friends of Saratoga Battlefield

The start of the American Revolution. Today, in 1775, at about 5 a.m., 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal, march into Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the town’s common green. https://www.history.com/this/the-american-revolution-begins

Because it lacked sufficient funds to build a strong navy, the Continental Congress gives privateers permission to attack any and all British ships on April 3, 1776. https://www.history.com//congress-authorizes-privateers-to

Today in 1775, during a speech before the second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry responds to the increasingly oppressive British rule over the American colonies by declaring, I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! https://www.history.com//patrick-henry-voices-american-opp

Today in 1765 the stamp tax act was imposed on the American colonies. https://www.history.com//stamp-act-imposed-on-american-col

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