THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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Who rode to warn colonists that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord?
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Paul Revere
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John Adams
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Benjamin Franklin
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Thomas Jefferson
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Minutemen.
Detailed explanation-2: -A series of horseback riders-men such as Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott-galloped off to warn the countryside that the Regulars (British troops) were coming.
Detailed explanation-3: -On this night in 1775, Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.
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