i've heard that one, but i never heard it in a school history book...

On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the key leaders of the patriot movement.

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/l...p?document=864

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/patriot..._redcoats.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gage