6: "The Shot Heard Round the World"

History That Doesn't Suck

ProfGregJackson

Education, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 November 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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“Fire, for God’s sake, fire!” This is the story of the first battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. We're in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Between Lexington's Green, Concord's North Bridge, and Colonel Smith's troops returning to Boston, 49 Americans and 73 Redcoats die. The battle and ongoing friction will also cause the Second Continental Congress to create an army. But who can lead it? Welcome back to the story, George Washington. ___ 4 Ways to dive deeper into History That Doesn’t Suck Join our growing facebook community Get our weekly newsletter, The Revolution Become part of the HTDS Patreon family Subscribe to Greg’s monthly newsletter, Connected History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is the first of three second edition
0:02.0	Revolutionary Era episodes to be released in January,
0:05.2	each of which includes updated sound design by airship
0:07.9	as well as additional stories and details.
0:10.2	New episodes continuing our usual chronological march
0:12.7	through US history will return next month on February 13th.
0:16.9	History that doesn't suck is a bi-weekly podcast
0:19.1	delivering a legit, seriously researched,
0:20.9	hard-hitting survey of American history
0:22.4	through entertaining stories.
0:23.9	This is a second edition episode
0:25.7	with new details and an updated sound.
0:28.1	If you'd like to hear the original,
0:29.2	support HTDS or enjoy bonus content,
0:31.3	please consider giving at patreon.com-forod-slash-history-that-doesn't-suck.
0:42.4	It's sometime between 4.30 and 5am, April 19th, 1775.
0:47.8	70 or so colonial militiamen are standing on the common
0:51.3	or green as these open, grassy communal fields are often called
0:55.2	in the small, new England town of Lexington, Massachusetts.
0:58.7	The sun is barely rising,
1:00.3	but they can make out the silhouette
1:01.9	of an approaching red coat army.
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