"The Shot Heard Around The World"

The phrase "shot around the world" comes from many historical events from 1775. The colonists had a lot of tension between them and the British government. The colonists in Boston were more affected than the ones on other colonies. In response to the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain had closed down the Boston Harbor. The result was that life in Boston had become very difficult. Due to the tension, British officials sent troops over to Boston to destroy all the stored ammunition they had. They were also sent to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. In Corcord, they found themselves at the center of the city encountering the town militia. The Redcoats (British) ordered them to disperse so they would not cause damages. But somebody fired, nobody really knows who, whether it was from the British side or the colonists'. This shot was ther shot that proclaimed that a war was most probably going to happen. And with this war that comes later, so do many others around the world. That's why it's called " the shot heard around the world" .