THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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They called in additional troops.
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They surrendered the entire war.
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They fired and fled.
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They won all the battles because they were better trained.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On the eve of the American Civil War, New England poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned a poem entitled “Paul Revere’s Ride.” His purpose was to stir patriotic sentiment in New England by reminding his countrymen of their past. The last stanza of the poem was a direct call for action against the South.
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: -It is a cry of challenge, of “defiance” that shows the people are not afraid. The voice, the knock at the door, Paul’s words, are all comforting to the American people. Paul’s ride is meant to bring strength and determination to people in danger, not just then, but always ("forevermore").
Detailed explanation-4: -Longfellow’s popularity seemed to grow, as did his collection of works. He wrote about a multitude of subjects: slavery in Poems on Slavery, literature of Europe in an anthology The Poets and Poetry of Europe, and American Indians in The Song of Hiawatha.