Fire! The shot heard around the world the question is who made that sound, the british or colonies. The British is who shot first and here is why. This shot was heard by many different people but nobody knows who shot first. Here is the point of view of a man that was in the war with Captain Parker. The event took place in the morning of April 19, 1775. Sylvanus wood went with Captain Parker to the North end of Lexington common, near the Bedford road. Sylvanus was 74 and he had been to battle with captain parker before and respected him and parker respected Sylvanus. The men were now at battle that would eventually turn into the revolutionary war. The British troops approached us rapidly in platoons with a centre of the company, where I
