All the shots fired during the Amritsar massacre were fired by British Indian Army soldiers, commanded by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer. The people fired upon were unarmed. The British Indian Army soldiers were a mix of Gurkhas and Baluchis, so they were Indian under British orders.
No one knows. One account by a British soldier was that it was the Patriots that fired first when the English came. Another account from the patriots say that a patriot soldier hiding in the hedges fired the first shot. Others say it was the English. Some say it was the loyalists. Each side had different stories. No one knew then an no one knows today who fired the first shots.
The question of who fired first in the Battle of Lexington and Concord is historically debated and remains unclear. On April 19, 1775, British troops encountered colonial militia in Lexington, where a shot was fired, often referred to as "the shot heard 'round the world." It is uncertain whether it was fired by a colonial soldier or a British soldier, but the event marked the beginning of armed conflict between Britain and the American colonies. Ultimately, it set the stage for the Revolutionary War.
They fired at the lexington and concord battle.
The reason why Crispus Attucks's death is so significant is, the first shot fired during the start of the Revolutionary War is known as, "THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD". Well that first shot, was the shot fired by the British soldier, killing him and others.
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The British fired first after they were confronted by an angry mob.
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On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.
The British fired the first shots of American Revolutionary War at Lexington, on April 18,1775.
The British fired the first shots of American Revolutionary War at Lexington, on April 18,1775.