USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Four men and one woman made late night rides, alerting the early Americans of what dangers lay ahead. They were Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington .

Detailed explanation-2: -While Paul Revere rode into history on April 18, 1775, his fellow rider, William Dawes, galloped into undeserved oblivion. Poor William Dawes Jr. All guts, no glory. While every schoolchild knows of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, Dawes made an even more daring gallop out of Boston that same April night in 1775.

Detailed explanation-3: -On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere was asked to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British troops were coming to arrest them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Forced to limp into the moonlit night, he receded into obscurity, and Dawes lost his horse, although he managed to scare the soldiers away. So of the three, only Prescott finished the midnight ride.

Detailed explanation-5: -Paul Revere arranged to have a signal lit in the Old North Church – one lantern if the British were coming by land and two lanterns if they were coming by sea – and began to make preparations for his ride to alert the local militias and citizens about the impending attack. “One if by land, and two if by sea.”