“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.”

Question

Question
Use the excerpt to answer the question.

These lines are from a hymn written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837.

To what do the lines refer?

(1 point)
Responses

the beginning of the Revolutionary War
the beginning of the Revolutionary War

Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River before the battle of Trenton
Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River before the battle of Trenton

the battle at the Boston harbor
the battle at the Boston harbor

the end of the Revolutionary War

Answer 1

The lines refer to the beginning of the Revolutionary War.