The American Revolution | The First Shot
A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
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The American Revolution | The First Shot
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A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
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The American Revolution | The First Shot
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A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
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(gunshot bangs) - [Rick] A shot rings out.
No one knows where the shot came from.
- Fire!
(gunshots blasting) - [Rick] That leads to promiscuous shooting, mostly by the British.
(gunshots blasting) It's not a battle.
It's not a skirmish.
It's a massacre.
Now, blood has been shed.
Now the man on your left has been shot through the head.
Your neighbor on the right has been badly wounded.
You can't put that genie back in the bottle.
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