THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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“Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed, who at the bridge would be first to fall, who that day would be lying dead, pierced by a british musket-ball.”
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“Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in seventy-five; Hardly a man is still alive who remembers that famous day and year.”
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Climax: Paul Revere makes his famous midnight ride and announces that the Regulars are on their way to attack. Falling Action: The British Regulars come and attack.
Detailed explanation-2: -This popular folk ballad about a hero of the American Revolution is written in anapestic tetrameter, which was meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, and is narrated by the landlord of an inn who remembers the famous “midnight ride” to warn the Americans about the impending British invasion.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Somerset Symbolizes the threat of British rule.