The first shot fired at Lexington was unidentified, but it caused a great stir; it caused much confusion and 8 Americans to lose their lives. Others consider the first shot fired by Patriots at the North Bridge was "the shot heard 'round the world"... Word of the military conflict traveled quickly from town to town that day because people not only sent messengers but used bells, drums, alarm guns, bonfires, & trumpets to inform people of British military situations. This is known as the "alarm & muster" system.
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.
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.
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To this day no one knows who fired the first shot that morning. The 75 colonists standing on the town green were facing the most powerful army of its day and they were farmers. I truly doubt that one of them fired the shot. Imagine standing there with your flintlock, hearing the marching men, the drums, the sounds of orders shouted by the officers, and the flash of guns and redcoats. My bet is they were pretty nervous.
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.
Massachusetts in the town of Lexington on April 19, 1775
The first shot fired at Lexington was unidentified, but it caused a great stir; it caused much confusion and 8 Americans to lose their lives. Others consider the first shot fired by Patriots at the North Bridge was "the shot heard 'round the world"... Word of the military conflict traveled quickly from town to town that day because people not only sent messengers but used bells, drums, alarm guns, bonfires, & trumpets to inform people of British military situations. This is known as the "alarm & muster" system.
The first shot of the American Revolution was fired on April 19, 1775, at the small town of Lexington, some 20 or so miles northwest of Boston, in what is now the American state of Massachusetts. Followed up some hours later by the Battle of Concord, the Battle of Lexington is considered to be the formal start of the American War of Independence.
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.
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.
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No one knows who fired the first shot. Six companies of British infantry marched into Lexington at dawn, where they found the town militia in formation on Lexington Common. A British officer ordered the militia to lay down their guns, which they did not do. Both the Captain leading the militia and the Major in charge of the British told their men to fire, but their orders were not heard in the noise and confusion. Some of the British troops rode into the Common to surround and disarm the militia. A shot was fired and the battle was started. Some colonials said the British fired first; some of the British soldiers said a colonial fired first; most on both sides admitted that they did not know.
To this day no one knows who fired the first shot that morning. The 75 colonists standing on the town green were facing the most powerful army of its day and they were farmers. I truly doubt that one of them fired the shot. Imagine standing there with your flintlock, hearing the marching men, the drums, the sounds of orders shouted by the officers, and the flash of guns and redcoats. My bet is they were pretty nervous.
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.
On April 19 1775 the British were marching to Concord to arrest several of the Son's of Liberty and to find illegal guns/powder. Enroute a fight broke out at Lexington where 77 of the village men waited for them on the village green. A shot was fired and several men died that morning and the troops moved on to Concord.