Why were the first shots at lexington, massachusetts called “the shots heard around the world”?

The reason it is called the "Shots Heard Around the World" is because no one knows who shot them, it cause a great amount of confusion, and in that one shot... 8 Americans died! In all the commotion people started drumming and sounding alarms making that one shot caused the loudest reaction and gained itself the "Shot Heard Around the World."

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answer: ensure protection from communism

explanation:

the north atlantic treaty was largely dormant until the korean war initiated the establishment of nato to implement it, by means of an integrated military structure: this included the formation of supreme headquarters allied powers europe in 1951, which adopted the western union's military structures and plans.