THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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ships came there to carry goods back to Great Britain
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They learned many things from people who came into the shop
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Ship captains gave them a lot of business
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All answers are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -This ad appeared in the June 6, 1787 issue of the Massachusetts Centinel. It indicates that Revere’s shop moved from Dock-Square to No. 50, Cornhill. It also shows that at this time he operated his hardware store business and his silversmithing business at the same location.
Detailed explanation-2: -At age 41, Revere was a prosperous, established and prominent Boston silversmith. He had helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military.
Detailed explanation-3: -Revere’s engraving was on sale within three weeks of the event. It was not intended to be an accurate depiction of the day, but served instead as a powerful propaganda tool that rallied the colonists against British policies.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.