THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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Question
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What is the resolution of the poem?
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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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“You know the rest. In the books you have read, how the British Regulars fired and fled, ____ how the farmers gave them ball for ball, from behind each fence and farm-yard wall, chasing the red-coats down the lane, then crossing the fields to emerge again under the trees at the turn of the road, and only pausing to fire and load.”
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Paul Revere’s Ride The text for this recording is The Landlord’s Tale and was taken from a 1915 printing of Tales of a Wayside Inn. “Paul Revere’s Ride” is read by award-winning narrator Phil Rosenthal.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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