 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1774 akagadzwa colonel weregiment of minute men, akanyoresa muPepperell nemunharaunda. Pavakagamuchira ruzivo rwekurwiswa kwe regulars British paLexington musi unokosha wa19 April, 1775, kurira kwakaratidzwa, kwokuti mauto eBritish akanga achienda kuConcord kwakasvika kuPepperell panenge pa 10 a.m. musi wa19 April. Prescott pakarepo akarayira kuti kambani muPepperell nekambani muHollis, iende kuGroton uye kubva ipapo kuenda kunzvimbo yechiitiko, asi vasvika ipapo pamberi peGroton Makambani aive akagadzirira, ivo, mushure mekumira kwenguva pfupi, vakaenderera mberi munzira yavo pamberi pemakambani eGroton. Col. Prescott akakurumidza kuenda, nevakawanda veboka rake sezvaaigona kuunganidza, kuConcord uye kubva ipapo kuCambridge, asi haana kubata mauto eBritain akanga achidzokera shure. Makambani akasvika kunonoka kuti atore rutivi muhondo dzezuva racho, asi vakava rutivi rwehondo duku iyo yakakomberedza Boston pashure pacho. Iye navazhinji vavarume vake vakanyoresa kwemwedzi misere, nguva yokunyoresa kwokutanga. 