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What do you think is meant by the expression the shot heard around the world?
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∙ 11y ago
The line originally comes from an Emerson poem about the American Revolution and refers to the initial battle (Lexington) between the Americans and British in that war. In the US, that's probably what people are going to think of when the phrase is uttered. It's referring to the gunshots that started the war, which created a new nation with new ideas.
However, I've heard that in Europe it now usually refers to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914, a gunshot which led to the outbreak of World War I.
It also often refers to the home run hit by Bobby Thompson back in the 1950's that won the World Series or something like that. I'm not sure why it gets that honor, but I've heard it referred to as that.
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∙ 6y agoThe phrase comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem "Concord Hymn" written in 1837. It refers to the first battle of the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It refers to the beginning of the American Revolution that created the United States and introduced democracy as a form of government which spread throughout the world.
It is also used to refer to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Sarajevo, Austriaon june 28, 1914. The two shots fired killed the Archduke's wife and then the Archduke himself are considered the immediate cause of World War I.
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