THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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There were herds of cattle blocking the roads.
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The farmers had blocked the road with their wagons.
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The farmers were hidden behind fences and farmyard walls ready to fight.
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The police of the town were waiting for them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British are coming! The redcoats are coming! That’s what the Americans warned as British soldiers, or redcoats, were on their way to battle during the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Paul Revere saw two lights hanging in Christ Church in Boston, signaling that the British would row across the Charles River to Cambridge and continue to Lexington. During his ride, Revere let colonists along the way know about the British by calling “The Regulars Are Coming Out!"
Detailed explanation-3: -The two lanterns were a predetermined signal stating that the British troops planned to row “by sea” across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than march “by land” out Boston Neck.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thanks to the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere is often credited as the sole rider who alerted the colonies that the British were coming.