The “shot heard round the world” is to the American Revolution like is to the French Revolution.
A. The beheading of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
B. The storming of the Bastille
C. Napoleon's coronation
D. The execution of Robespierre

B. The storming of the Bastille

Explanation: In the book, "A Human Odyssey volume 2" the text states "As the two sides confronted each other, a musket shot rang out. No one knows who fired it. Then the cannons roared." Sounds pretty familiar. The storming of the Bastille was the beginning of the French Revolution.