How Did John Parker Fired The First Shot

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On April 18, 1775 was a historic day in the American Revolutionary War. On this day, British soldiers were marching toward the colonists who had weapons and ammunition that the British were trying to take. The British had gotten to Lexington in the morning but the colonists were already prepared because the night before Paul Revere had warned the militia of the British coming to attack the town. Since the colonists had already known that the British were coming, the colonists were already in battle position. The colonists had been in the center of the town waiting. While the British had swarmed into Lexington, there was a shot. This shot is now known as a mystery called who fired the first shot. There are four witnesses that say the British had fired the shots first at the colonists in Lexington. The first witness was a first hand eyewitness from Thomas Fessenden. Thomas is a colonial outlooker. He had testified that he had seen three british commanders coming in on horses and he said that his men yelled at the British “disperse you Rebels”. The main general had been riding on his horse and had waited for the colonists to drop their weapons but the colonists did the opposite and held onto their weapons. The general had waved his …show more content…
His name was John Parker. He was a captain of the colonists. John Parker on the day of The Battle of Lexington Green was informed that people were being insulted by the British around one o’clock. So after he heard the British were coming into town and had his men ready. He already ordered his men not to order unless they were insulted and given the order. The British had made their appearance and rushed in fast and immediately fired at the colonists. The colonists had eight men dead on the first firing according to John. He had not even heard a word from the British saying to fire or anything. The British had just gone up and already knew that they were going to fire according to
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