text: does anybody know who robert e. burke is(the one from the revolutionary war)? we are studing the revoultionary war in social studies and we have to do a project kinda thing and i am doing this crosswor that is already filled in but i have to find the questions to it an di don't know who he is. the american revolution.  this hyperlink is a fantastic resource for information on the american revolution.  http://www.historyteacher.net/ahap/weblinks/ahap_weblinks4.htm  lexington and concord.  april 19, 1775. "the shot heard around the world" was the first battle of the american revolution.  http://www.earlyamerica.com/shot_heard.htm  timeline of the american revolution.  http://theamericanrevolution.org/tline.asp  http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/american_revolution.html  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html  http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html  massachusetts colony was a hotbed of sedition in the spring of 1775. preparations for conflict with the royal authority had been underway throughout the winter with the production of arms and munitions, the training of militia (including the minutemen), and the organization of defenses.  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lexington.htm  http://www.historiclexington.com/battle.html  http://library.thinkquest.org/tq0312848/boflandc.htm  http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/e/lexington/lexingxx.htm  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/mo023.htm  the second continental congress  http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/secondcongress.htm  good luck.  kevin, liverpool, england.