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On April 18, 1775-the eve of the start of the Revolutionary War--the Redcoats uncovered a stockpile of Patriot artillery in Concord. They dispatched troops to scoop up the cache, and arrest the Loyalist leaders, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock.
History.com says that “by 1775, tensions between the American colonies and the British government had approached the breaking point,…