apr 19, 1775 - Start of the American Revolution
Description:
British soldiers and the Minutemen exchanged fire in 1775This is described as the “shot heard around
the world”
American victory Saratoga would prove to be a turning point of the American Revolution, as it prompted France to enter the war openly on the American side, though it would not formally declare war on Great Britain until June 1778
Our then forming the United States was fighting for its independence
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Date:
apr 19, 1775
Now
~ 251 years ago