No ones knows. Lost to history.
It doesnt have an answer. Some people may say Americans shot first because they were mad at the British for taking over there country. Some say that the British shot first because they were mad at the Americans for not listening to them. Which ever one you decide it doesn't matter because there is not a true answer that one person knows for sure.
No one knows whether the Americans or British fired first during the Battle of Lexington and Concord. However, we do know that the British, after hearing that first shot, fired upon the American militia. Thus, the American Revolutionary War began.
The British
Lexingtonon April 19th 1775 the shooter is undiscovered YoDaddy'Fo'!
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 battle of Lexington green occurred on April 19, 1775. It was one of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
That day in April of 1775 brought about significant changes in colonial thinking about the king. It will take another year before the Declaration of Independence is written and published, but the first two battles of the war took place in Lexington and Concord.
Lexington and Concord Massachusetts.
the British
The "Shot Heard around the world" was fired on April 19, 1775 at Lexington Green. However, there are lots of differing accounts as to who fired first--the British or the revolutionaries.
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.
Lexingtonon April 19th 1775 the shooter is undiscovered YoDaddy'Fo'!
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 battle of Lexington green occurred on April 19, 1775. It was one of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
If Lexington you are referring to the American Revolution. Then the Battle on Lexington Green was the first skirmish of the American Revolution. The "shot heard around the world" was fired on April 19th 1775 when an unknown shot was discharged. The American colonists and the British soldiers not knowing who fired engaged each other in a fire fight which 8 militia men were killed and one British soldier was wounded.
That day in April of 1775 brought about significant changes in colonial thinking about the king. It will take another year before the Declaration of Independence is written and published, but the first two battles of the war took place in Lexington and Concord.
Although eyewitnesses disagree on how it happened and who fired first, the first shot of the Revolutionary War was fired at the Battle of Lexington, in the early morning of April 19, 1775.The 'battle" was actually a skirmish when British soldiers enroute to Concord came across armed colonial militiamen. After a brief exchange of fire, the Americans dispersed. It was not until later in the day that Minutemen, warned by Revere, Dawes, and others, routed a force of Redcoats at the Battle of Concord. These separate battles are often considered as a whole as the first open conflict in the war.
The first shots fired were on April 18, 1775 at the green in Lexington, Mass. This is outside of Boston and the British troops were enroute to Concord to collect/find guns and powder that had been hidden, but it wasn't until July 1776 that independence was declared by Congress.
No one led the battle of Lexington. It was an event that just happened and history does not report who fired the first shot. The British were enroute to Concord when they found the 77 colonist on the Lexington green. Someone fired the first shot and soon a battle began. When it was all done the British reorganized and continued their march to Concord.
No it wasn’t a professional army that April morning. It was the men from the town facing the most powerful army in the world at that time. No one knows who fired the first shot.