The excerpt below is from a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Concord Hymn"
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The lines from the poem refer to which battle of the American Revolution?
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Correct answer is the battle of Concord, that happened on April 19th, 1775.

Explanation:

Shot heard round the world is a famous sentence that is usually used to describe the beginning of the war between Britain and thirteen colonies. At first glance, small conflicts at Lexington and Concord were actually the first battle of the war that lasted for eight years. The battle of Concord, that was fought in Massachusetts opened the battlefield in this colony that was for a long period of time a place of many conflicts.