THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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Paul Revere meets a new friend in the belfry arch at the North Church.
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Paul Revere tells his friend to use a lantern to signal when the British are coming.
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Some people know that the British soldiers will come into town at night.
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Half of the soldiers will march across land, and the other half will come by boat.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch, Of the North Church tower as a signal light, -One if by land, and two if by sea” Paul Revere meets a new friend in the belfry arch at the North Church. Paul Revere tells his friend to use a lantern to signal when the British are coming.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the poem, why did Paul Revere ask his friend to hang a lantern in the belfry arch of the Old Church? (page 236) What are they preparing for? The lantern would be used to give signals to Paul Revere if the British march by land or by sea. They are preparing for the attack of the British army.
Detailed explanation-3: -If your question is about Paul Revere’s midnight ride (and the Longfellow poem), the British came “by sea”-across the Charles River then due west to Concord by way of Lexington. The “by land” option, not taken, was to march troops south to the Boston neck, then northwest to Concord.
Detailed explanation-4: -“One, if by land, and two, if by sea” phrase was coined by the American poet, Henry W. Longfellow in his poem, Paul Revere’s Ride. It was a reference to the secret signal orchestrated by Revere during his historic ride from Boston to Concord on the verge of American Revolutionary War.