THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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The lantern signals were sent from the bell tower of the Old North Church.
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Paul Revere had to safely pass a British warship to reach the opposite shore.
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Paul Revere was arrested and held briefly when he tried to leave Lexington.
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The lantern signals indicated whether the British troops were coming by land or by sea.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How do the behaviors of Paul Revere and his friend waiting for news differ? A. Revere is impatient for news, while his friend observes the tense silence of the night.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -“Paul Revere’s Ride” is less a poem about the Revolutionary War than about the impending Civil War-and about the conflict over slavery that caused it. That meaning, though, has been almost entirely forgotten. Longfellow, a passionately private man, was, just as passionately and privately, an abolitionist.