USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the poem, the British first fired and then ____ .
A
waited.
B
shot cannons.
C
hollered.
D
fled.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The “British regulars” fired but then fled because the farmers were prepared for them. They were chased out across the fields pursued by fighters who only paused to “fire and load”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paul Revere was the American Revolutionary Boston craftsman and patriot made famous in William Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, Paul Revere’s Ride. Today he is best known as one of the horseback messengers who rode from Boston to Lexington to warn colonists of the approaching British army.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Paul Revere’s Ride” is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Somerset Symbolizes the threat of British rule.

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