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What caused the American Revolution?

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in april 1776 british soldiers called lobsterbacks because if their red coats and minutemen the colonists' militia exchanged gunfire at lexington and concord in massachusetts described as "the shot heard of the world", it signaled the start of the american revolution and led to the creation of a new nation

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"the shot heard round the world," it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation.
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