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4. What do you think was “the point of no return” in the path towards armed conflict between English troops and colonists? Why? Why did they reach the point of armed conflict, anyway? ====The "point of no return" was the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. Even though it was a small mob that gathered and caused a conflict between the British troops and upset colonists, it made an important impact because it was the start of the Revolutionary War. British went to seize colonial gun powder and both John Hancock and Sam Adams. The core of "the point of no return" was the tension of British continuation of taxation without representation. Tension kept building between between the angered colonists and the loyalists. The colonist felt the British usurping their rights; while the British felt that the colonists were usurping British rule. ====