Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Looking for interested Contributors

I am looking for people who may be interested contributing or writing Articles for this site, no prior writing background is required.

All areas of interest of Originalism, Constitution background and the Founding Principles are welcome.

If you are interested or would like more details email me (email@discoveringthefoundingprinciples.com) or leave a comment here with a way to reach you.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Shot Heard round the World (Concord, MA; April 19, 1775)

236 Years ago, the American Colonist began armed resistance to the British crown, in two small towns west of Boston, Massachusetts, well over a year before the Declaration of Independence was even debated.

By April 1775, tensions between the British and Colonist in New England, Massachusetts in particular had reached the boiling point. On April 14, 1775 British General Thomas Gage received orders to disarm the rebels, and arrest the main Colonial Leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock. General Gage proceeded with plans to march on Concord, Massachusetts west of Boston where a cache of arms was believed to be stored.

On April 18, 1775 Gage sent about 20 troops into the countryside west of Boston to intercept anybody on Horseback who may be able to pass word of the impending British Forces movement to Concord. Having received word of General Gage’s order, by April 8, 1775 most of the Colonial Leaders had already left Boston, with two prominent exceptions being Paul Revere and Joseph Warren. British troops had been noticed scoping out the roads and country side by Concord, but not a larger cache site in Worcester further South West, and the townspeople of Concord decided to distribute the weapons to other near by towns.