The first shot of the American Revolutionary War that occurred during the Battle of Lexington. The term was actually not used during the war. Instead Ralph Waldo Emerson used the term in the opening stanza of the "Concord Hymn" in 1837.
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The Battle at Lexington and Concord. Whoever fired first at Lexington was called the shot heard round the world.
The colonist heard the shot heard round the world in 1775. It is the shot that was first fired in the American Revolutionary War.
The "SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD".
willie mays was on deck when bobby Thomson hit the shot heard round the world. cliff smith
the battle at Lexington
Lexington, Massachusetts.
The phrase "shot heard round the world" is not attributed to a specific person. The "Shot heard 'round the world" is a phrase that has come to represent several historical incidents. Also - the correct word is "heard", as in to hear a noise. "Herd" is a group of animals.
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