USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -His most famous quote was fabricated. Paul Revere never shouted the legendary phrase later attributed to him (“The British are coming!”) as he passed from town to town. The operation was meant to be conducted as discreetly as possible since scores of British troops were hiding out in the Massachusetts countryside.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paul Revere was a colonial Boston silversmith, industrialist, propagandist and patriot immortalized in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem describing Revere’s midnight ride to warn the colonists about a British attack.

Detailed explanation-4: -British faces are sharp and angular in contrast to the Americans’ softer, more innocent features. This makes the British look more menacing. The British soldiers look like they are enjoying the violence, particularly the soldier at the far end. The colonists, who were mostly laborers, are dressed as gentlemen.