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Although some members of the First Continental Congress still hoped for reconciliation with Britain, war loomed. In anticipation of rebellion, British troops fortified Boston. Colonists also prepared for conflict by organizing small groups of armed militias known as minutemen. On April 19, 1775, fighting broke out in Massachusetts in the towns of Lexington and Concord.