THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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The farmers chased after the British ____
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only pausing to fire and load.
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until the British outgunned them.
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until they had to return to their farms.
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only until the first casualty, or death; then they stopped fighting.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The farmers shoot, the British Regulars (the soldiers, or “redcoats") shoot back then flee. It’s a big win for the farmers, who manage to chase the British out of their fields and villages.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “British regulars” fired but then fled because the farmers were prepared for them. They were chased out across the fields pursued by fighters who only paused to “fire and load”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Personification: Longfellow conveys an example of personification in the phrase “The watchful night-wind, as it went creeping from tent to tent, and seeming to whisper, All is well!” (stanza 6).
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