Station10
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The Path to July 4th › Pillar 3: The Road to Rebellion › Station 10
Lexington and Concord
April 1775
Your Mission
On April 19, in the early morning hours, British soldiers marched to seize colonial weapons and were met by colonial militiamen at Lexington and Concord. Someone fired the first shot. No one knows who.
“The Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775. Plate I,” engraved by Amos Doolittle after paintings by Ralph Earl, 1775.
Doolittle visited the battlefields and interviewed eyewitnesses just days after the fighting. These engravings are among the most accurate period depictions of the event.
New York Public Library Digital Collections. Public domain.
Doolittle visited the battlefields and interviewed eyewitnesses just days after the fighting. These engravings are among the most accurate period depictions of the event.
New York Public Library Digital Collections. Public domain.
Your Challenge
This exchange became known as “the shot heard round the world.” Why do you think a small skirmish in a Massachusetts field carried such enormous significance?
Record your answer on your notebook paper.
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Circle the fourth word in the mission text above. Write it on your map.
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