The "shot heard 'round the world" is a phrase that has come to represent several historical incidents. The line is originally from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn" (1837), and referred to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. This 1775 proverbial first shot was fired during an armed stand-off between British forces and local militia in Lexington, escalating into engagements at the Old North Bridge in the battles of Lexington and Concord.
The British fired the first shots of American Revolutionary War at Lexington, on April 18,1775.
The very first shot fired in the revolutionary war. It technically started the war.
The first shots were fired in Lexington, Massachusetts.
The first shots fired in the American Revolution, often referred to as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts.
The actual person who fired the "Shot Heard Around the World" remains unknown. It can even be speculated that it was an accidental discharge that began the American Revolution.
the revolutionary war started in lexingburg when the "shot heard around the world " was fired. it is nont known who shot this but it was the first shot of the war.
No one knows who fired the "shot heard around the world."acually they were fired in lexington,Massachusetts
The British fired the first shots of American Revolutionary War at Lexington, on April 18,1775.
The first shots were fired in Lexington, Massachusetts.
The very first shot fired in the revolutionary war. It technically started the war.
lexington and concord
The British fired the first shots of American Revolutionary War at Lexington, on April 18,1775.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord.
The battles in Lexington and Concord. Lexington's was started by the shot fired out of nowhere by who-knows-who in Lexington.
The American Revolutionary War. (Battle of Lexington)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements in the Revolutionary War. It essentially started America as a free country.
The first shots fired in the American Revolution, often referred to as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts.