Question

What two reasons did the British have for marching on Lexington and Concord? capturing the people who dumped the tea in Boston Harbor and capturing military leaders stopping the Continental Congress and finding a hidden store of weapons capturing rebel leaders and finding stores of ammunition helping other soldiers under attack and removing colonial leaders from power

Answer 1

The correct answer is: capturing rebel leaders and finding stores of ammunition

Key to the British Army's decision to march on Lexington and Concord were reports that the Colonial militia were stockpiling weapons in those towns. As a result, the British Army also felt as if they could easily capture leaders if the stockpile proved to be good intelligence.