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Paul Revere and William Dawes ride, taking distinct routes, from Boston to Lexington, on the night of April 18, 1775, to warn of British troop movements. Their urgent warning was delivered to the Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, allowing for the mobilization of colonial Minutemen, resulting in the first armed confrontations at Lexington and Concord on April 19,1775, marking the start of the Revolutionary War.