USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -William Dawes was born in Boston to William and Lydia Dawes. Along with Paul Revere, Dawes was chosen by Joseph Warren to warn the countryside and alert John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British troops were marching to Lexington and Concord on the evening of 18 April 1775.

Detailed explanation-2: -A public-spirited citizen, Revere was also ambitious and often brash, traits which he embraced during both his Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary life. Born in Boston’s North End on December 21, 1734, Revere was the third of nine children and oldest surviving son.

Detailed explanation-3: -To warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams, who were across the Charles River in Lexington, Warren dispatched two riders, Paul Revere and William Dawes. Revere took the shorter route “by sea, ” while Dawes went “by land” over the isthmus from Boston to Roxbury, then crossing the Charles River over a bridge in Cambridge.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.