The Shots Not Heard Round the World​

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On April 19th, 1775, colonial militia battled the British regulars at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts in what would become the first conflict of the American Revolution. But what if I were to tell you that the first shots were actually fired months before, in December 1774? And not in Massachusetts at all, but in New Hampshire. Join me in this episode of Footnoting History, as we dive into the capture of Fort William and Mary, and the first shots of the American Revolution not heard round the world.

​Host: Ted

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Further Reading
Derek W. Beck, Igniting the American Revolution,  Sourcebooks, (2015).

David Hackett Fischer, Paul Revere’s Ride,  Oxford University Press, (1994).

Charles Lathrop Parsons, The Capture of Fort William and Mary,  (1903).

Nathaniel Philbrick, Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution,  Viking, (2013).

Ray Raphael and Marie Raphael, The Spirit of ‘74, The New Press, (2015).

Robert Pushkar, "Was This Little-Known Standoff Between British Soldiers and Colonists the Real Start of the American Revolution?”, Smithsonian Magazine, (February 26, 2025) 

​Mary Beth Norton, 1774: The Long Year of Revolution, Knopf, (2020).

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)