THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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To tell the colonist the Queen of England was on the ship
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To tell the colonist to pay their taxes quickly
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To warn the colonist the British was coming, get ready to fight and to save a chest of papers
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To tell the colonist Ms. Garris was coming
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Detailed explanation-1: -The purpose of Paul Revere’s midnight ride, as you may recall from your high school history class, was to race to Concord to warn Patriots Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops-700 of them-were marching to Concord to arrest them. True, warning Adams and Hancock triggered Revere’s ride from Boston.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the night of April 18, Joseph Warren assigned Dawes, along with Revere, the mission of riding north to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of their impending arrest, and to alert the colonial minutemen that the British were on the move.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Midnight Ride was the alert to the American colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because of Paul Revere’s Ride, the Minutemen were ready the next morning on Lexington green for the historic battle that launched the War of Independence. With the outbreak of hostilities, Revere turned industrialist and constructed a much-needed powder mill to supply colonial arms.