THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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“the midnight ride of Paul Revere” was written from the third person point of view of someone who
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Was sent to warn the militia that the British were coming
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Was reporting the event for a newspaper
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Was a British soldier
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Was alive a long time after the event occurred
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It is narrated from the perspective of an innkeeper, recounting Revere’s midnight ride in 1775 warning colonists of the approaching British soldiers.
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, ” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is an example of a narrative poem.
Detailed explanation-4: -From there, he rode west to where it becomes Medford Street and then joins Massachusetts Avenue (in modern Arlington), which he then took up to Lexington. Revere’s total distance was about 12.5 miles.
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