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(((▪︎Today in History, April 19: 'Shot heard 'round the world' began Revolutionary War▪︎)))

1775

The American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord. American colonists met British troops at Lexington, Massachusetts and shots were fired, although it is unknown who shot first.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (((present-day Arlington))), and Cambridge.

(((In the early morning hours))) of Wednesday, April 19, 1775, British troops crossed Boston Harbor with the intention of marching to Concord, Massachusetts to seize military supplies stored in the town by Patriot militiamen. Anticipating the British actions, an alarm was raised throughout the countryside by American silversmith Paul Revere and dozens of other riders who warned the colonial militia and minutemen that the regulars were on the road to Concord. (((By 5 am,))) the simmering tensions between the American colonists and the British government would reach their breaking point. The events of April 19 would change the world forever.

https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/history/april-19-1775