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How did North Carolinians respond when they heard about the fighting at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts?

(A) They voted on what to do, but divisions caused an impasse.

(B) They sent troops to help the Patriots in Massachusetts.

(C) They forced the governor to flee and stole his cannons.

(D) They rounded up all Loyalists and dismissed them from the colony.

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The North Carolinians' response to the fighting at Lexington and Concord was (B). They sent troops to help the Patriots in Massachusetts.

  • Though thought to be loyalists and sympathetic to the British, the North Carolinians formed minutemen, trained them briefly on the art of war, and sent them off to help the Patriots.

  • This action of the North Carolinians inspired many Patriots to fight the unprovoked war waged by the British army against the colonists.

Thus, the American Revolution started in 1775 with the first canyons fired at patriotic Militiamen in Lexington and Concord, galvanizing the North Carolinians into action.

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