USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paul Revere was a colonial Boston silversmith, industrialist, propagandist and patriot immortalized in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem describing Revere’s midnight ride to warn the colonists about a British attack.

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to making silver objects, Paul Revere’s work as an engraver also played an important and lucrative role in shop operations. At his customer’s request, Revere engraved decorations on the silver such as monograms or family crests, for which he charged extra.

Detailed explanation-3: -On December 13, 1773, Revere and his associates dressed as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor. After the British seized a supply of the colony’s gunpowder, Revere organized a system to detect and warn others in advance of British troop movements.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren summoned Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that British soldiers stationed in Boston were about to march into the countryside northwest of the town.