The Lexington Alarm.

The article presents an examination into the initial events of the United States Revolution and its causes, particularly exploring the role of the Committees of Correspondence established within several colonies and their spread of the account of the 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord. The establishment of politically dissident communication lines through the Committees of Correspondence is described. The "Lexington Alarm," a brief document reporting the events of the incident, is reproduced and its transmission throughout the colonies within days of the event is analyzed as the key instrument in the initiation of the Revolutionary War.