The shot heard around the world
In April 1775 the tensions between the British and the 13 colonies were growing rapidly. Boston one of the 13 colonies was hit the hardest by the British and wanted war. So most of the 13 colonies had already started making armies out of farmers and towns men. Since the Boston tea party or also called “the destruction of the tea” the British decided to shut down the Boston harbor witch made it very hard for the citizens of Boston to live and what made even worse the British would send troops in the hundreds to live in the Boston citizens homes and eat their food. When the tension grew the British sent Massachusetts governor with troops to confiscate all weapons and ammunition from this one warehouse in Boston. Since Britain had the best army in the world at the time people thought it would be easy for them to get all there ammunition. Since they know the British were coming they got a group of farmers to peasants called the minutemen who could be called on a minutes’ notice. Now as the two armies face each other one person from one side fired a shot and no one knows what side or whom fired but it became “the shot heard around the world”. Then two of the minutemen had raced ahead of the British as they were advancing towards the warehouse they said “the redcoats are coming.” The call gave the colonist the time to get ready and defeat the British army and witch humiliated the British.
