USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The events presented in this narrative poem take place
A
in the future
B
during modern times
C
in the spring of 1975
D
on April 18, 1775
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paul Revere’s famous ride on April 18th, 1775 is the subject of this famous Longfellow poem. It is told from the perspective of a landlord who is hoping to entertain and inform his “children”. ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’ was published in Atlantic Monthly magazine in 1861 around the beginning of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -On this night in 1775, Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Paul Revere’s Ride” is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Synopsis. Paul Revere’s Ride tells the story of Paul Revere and his historic ride to warn the town that the British soldiers were coming. It details Revere making the plan with the other soldier and continues through his ride and the resulting interaction between the British and American soldiers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride, ” became a national favourite. Written in anapestic tetrameter meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, this folk ballad recalls a hero of the American Revolution and his famous “midnight ride” to warn the Americans about the impending British raid on Concord, Massachusetts.

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