Historical Foundations - April 19, 1775

Question 1

April 19, 1775

Answer 1

• “Shot Heard Around the World”
• Lexington to Concord, MA (no one knows who made the first shot)
• Formation of the Second Continental Congress (three weeks after battle, be acting body of government during the Revolutionary War)
• Richard Henry Lee’s Resolution (1776, pushed to declare independence)
• the conflict at Lexington was a success for both the British and the colonists