Yakin Lexington da Concord, wanda kuma ake kira Shot Heard 'Round the World, su ne farkon yakin soja na yakin juyin juya halin Amurka.An yi yakin ne a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1775, a gundumar Middlesex, lardin Massachusetts Bay, a cikin garuruwan Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (Arlington na yanzu), da Cambridge.Sun yi nuni da barkewar rikicin makami tsakanin Masarautar Burtaniya da mayakan Patriot daga kasashe goma sha uku na Amurka.A ƙarshen 1774, shugabannin mulkin mallaka sun amince da Suffolk Resolves don juriya ga sauye-sauyen da majalisar dokokin Birtaniya ta yi wa gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Massachusetts bayan Jam'iyyar Tea ta Boston.Majalisar mulkin mallaka ta mayar da martani ta hanyar kafa gwamnatin wucin gadi ta Patriot da aka fi sani da Majalisar Majalissar Lardin Massachusetts da kuma yin kira ga mayakan sa kai na cikin gida su ba da horo don yiwuwar tashin hankali.Gwamnatin Mulkin Mallaka yadda ya kamata ta mallaki mulkin mallaka a wajen Boston da ke karkashin ikon Birtaniyya.A cikin martani, gwamnatin Burtaniya a cikin Fabrairu 1775 ta ayyana Massachusetts a matsayin tawaye.Kimanin sojojin Biritaniya 700 a Boston, karkashin Laftanar Kanar Francis Smith, an ba su umarni na sirri don kamawa da lalata kayayyakin sojan Turawan mulkin mallaka da aka ruwaito cewa mayakan Massachusetts sun adana a Concord.Ta hanyar tattara bayanan sirri masu inganci, shugabannin Patriot sun karɓi kalmomi makonni kafin balaguron cewa kayan nasu na iya fuskantar haɗari kuma sun ƙaura da yawancinsu zuwa wasu wurare.A daren kafin yakin, an aika gargadin balaguron Burtaniya da sauri daga Boston zuwa ga mayakan da ke yankin da mahaya da yawa, ciki har da Paul Revere da Samuel Prescott, tare da bayani game da tsare-tsaren Birtaniyya.Yanayin farko na isowar Sojoji da ruwa an yi masa alama daga Old North Church a Boston zuwa Charlestown ta amfani da fitilun don sadarwa "ɗaya idan ta ƙasa, biyu idan ta teku".An yi harbin farko a daidai lokacin da rana ke fitowa a Lexington.An kashe 'yan bindiga takwas, ciki har da Ensign Robert Munroe, wanda ke jagorantar su na uku.Baturen ya samu rauni guda daya kacal.Sojojin sun fi yawa kuma sun koma baya, kuma masu zaman kansu suka wuce zuwa Concord, inda suka rabu da kamfanoni don neman kayan.A gadar Arewa da ke Concord, kimanin ‘yan bindiga 400 ne suka yi artabu da jami’an tsaro 100 daga wasu kamfanoni uku na sojojin Sarki da misalin karfe 11:00 na safe, wanda ya yi sanadin jikkatar bangarorin biyu.Ma'aikatan da ba su da yawa sun fado daga gadar kuma suka koma cikin babban rundunar sojojin Burtaniya a Concord.Sojojin Birtaniyya sun fara tattaki zuwa Boston bayan kammala aikin neman kayayyakin soji, kuma wasu 'yan bindiga sun ci gaba da isowa daga garuruwan da ke makwabtaka da su.Rikicin bindiga ya sake barkewa tsakanin bangarorin biyu kuma ana ci gaba da yin ta har tsawon yini yayin da 'yan wasan suka koma Boston.Bayan komawa Lexington, Lt. Col. Smith na balaguron ya sami ceto ta hanyar ƙarfafawa a ƙarƙashin Brigadier Janar Hugh Percy, Duke na Northumberland na gaba wanda aka tsara a wannan lokacin ta hanyar ladabi Earl Percy.Sojojin da suka hada da kimanin mutane 1,700 sun koma Boston a karkashin wuta mai tsanani a cikin dabarar janyewa kuma daga karshe sun kai ga tsaron Charlestown.Ƙungiyoyin da suka taru daga nan sun tare ƴan ƴan ƴan ƴan bindigar da ke shiga yankunan Charlestown da Boston, inda suka fara kewayen Boston.