Answer: The redcoats sent the first shots into Lexington and Concord, in Massachusetts. :3
Explanation:
We have GPS guided missiles big enough to knock out entire city blocks and can see you with infrared or night-vision cameras 30,000 feet in the air and rain down 30mm cannon rounds at 3,000 rpm or fire a volley of incendiary missiles and burn you out of the trench and then blast you to hell and back a few dozen times.
They were slaves and picked cotton when they got free they worked at home