The Unknown Shot

Lily Peters 

10-14-14

The Unknown Shot 

    In 1775, in Lexington, Massachusetts, there was a farmer named Eli and he had a wife Lily. His village had always been placid until King Jason and his soldiers arrived. One day, Eli came home from working in the fields saying, "Taxes,Taxes,Taxes on everything! What is King Jason ,who like taxes, thinking.?! Those Redcoats are everywhere because he wants money! We need to bravely store up our arms and prepare for war." 

         

   "Do you really think this will lead to war?", Lily who is calm said. "I hope there isn't war. The King is taking our rights. so war is imperative.

     They finally found out that the redcoats were trying to steal their arms. Eli was very furious about this. That night he saw Paul Revere because Paul was warning him of the eminent danger. 

     "Hurry Eli!" He said. "The redcoats are coming." Eli knew this this meant the redcoats were going to Concord. "We need to stop the redcoats from getting our arms because we can't fight without them.

     The other villagers, who were ready to fight,  had guns. They were ready to fight. "Do not fire unless they fire." Eli claimed, "but if they mean war let it begin. The gravity of the situation is more than I can imagine ."

        

      As he was talking, a shot rang out. Then more shots began to ring. So the war started with a bang. It violently began the revolutionary war. No one knew who fired the first shot, but that first shot was all it took!