Which April 1775 battles are commonly regarded as the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War?

The Battles of Lexington and Concord are commonly regarded as the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.

They took place in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. British troops marched from Boston toward Concord to seize colonial military supplies, but colonial militia confronted them first at Lexington. Fighting continued through Concord and along the British retreat to Boston, where colonial forces inflicted substantial casualties.

The clashes transformed political resistance into open warfare. The Second Continental Congress later created the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander. A frequent mix-up is confusing Lexington and Concord with Bunker Hill, which occurred nearly two months later, or Yorktown, the decisive 1781 campaign that led toward American victory.