<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Impi evulekile yaqubuka lapho amabutho aseBrithani  <response>: amabutho ayethunywe ukuba ayothatha izimpahla zempi abhekana namabutho endawo angamaPatriot eLexington naseConcord ngo-April 19, 1775. Amabutho amaPatriot, ahlanganiswa iContinental Army eyayisanda kwakhiwa, abese ebeka amabutho aseBrithani eBoston ngaphansi kokuvinjezelwa ngomhlaba futhi amabutho awo ahoxa olwandle. Ikoloni ngalinye lalakha i-Provincial Congress, eyathatha amandla kohulumeni bangaphambili bamakoloni, yacindezela ubuqotho, futhi yaba negalelo e-Continental Army eyayiholwa u-Commander in Chief General George Washington. AmaPatriots azama ukungaphumeleli ukuhlasela iQuebec futhi ahlanganise amakholoni anesithakazelo lapho ebusika buka - 1775-76. 