THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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he was afraid
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so the British would start it
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to save ammo
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they were not ready yet
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the Minutemen faced the British Redcoats at the start of the Battle of Lexington, why did the captain yell, “Don’t fire unless fired upon"? A. He wanted to hear the “shot heard round the world."
Detailed explanation-2: -Paul Revere and the sons of liberty warned the minutemen that the British would be coming “by sea”-though this was literally “by water, ” meaning they were crossing the Charleston river-seeking to crush patriot resistance before it started.
Detailed explanation-3: -No one knows who fired the first shot, but, in “Concord Hymn, ” Ralph Waldo Emerson described it as “the shot heard round the world” because of the importance the Revolutionary War and the United States would have in world history.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, the British accounts of the battle. Those confirmed to be on the scene to witness the first shots say the Americans fired first (referring to the hedge wall[2] or behind Buckman Tavern).
Detailed explanation-5: -Years later, an eye-witness who was on Lexington Green recalled Captain John Parker saying: “Stand your ground! Don’t fire unless fired upon! But, if they want to have a war, let it begin here.” Parker later regrouped his men on a rocky hillside to the west of Lexington Green.