During which clash, before colonists declared independence from britain, did the american rebels succeed in conquering the british troops they were up against and how

The Battle at Lexington: Minutemen at Lexington ambushed British troops and prevented them from proceeding to Concord to confiscate the patriots’ military supplies.

Explanation:

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