19 avr. 1775 - Battles of Lexington and Concord

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First military events of the Revolutionary War that marked the outbreak of armed conflict between Great Britain and its colonies; American victory due to superior strategy, with the American militia successfully driving the British back to Boston; the British succeeded in destroying cannons and supplies in Concord; origin of the famous phrase "shot heard round the world" (first shot fired by Patriots at North Bridge in Concord)

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