USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts the morning of the 19th, the “Shot Heard Round the World.” The colonial militia, a band of 500 men, were outnumbered and initially forced to retreat.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).

Detailed explanation-3: -The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. Instead, their actions sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-4: -Major Buttrick of Concord shouted, “For God’s sake, fire!” and the Minute Men replied with their own volley, killing three British soldiers and wounding nine others. This volley is the volley considered “the shot heard round the world.” The rest of the British troops retreated back to town.