THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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Any movement of Paul Revere across the shore!
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The lanterns in the belfry church tower.
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Other riders announcing that the British are coming!
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Any sign that the British are going to attack.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In line 25, the poem states that the friend “wanders and watches with eager ears.” What is he listening for? What does he hear? And what is the result? The friend is waiting for any sign the British are going to attack.
Detailed explanation-2: -When longfellow writes that Reveres friends wonders and watches with eager ears, he means that he is listening and looking for the British soldiers and ships. He hears the sounds of guns and the soldiers walking that causes him to climb the tower of the Old North Church.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Somerset Symbolizes the threat of British rule.
Detailed explanation-4: -He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Revere was a prosperous and prominent Boston silversmith who helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.