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Jobisdone [24]
3 years ago
10

Why did the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson call the first bullet fired in Lexington "the shot heard round the world"?

History
1 answer:
polet [3.4K]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

It started a revolution that showed the world that it was possible to overthrow an empire. It was the beginning of a push for democracy all over the world.

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