THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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Revere needs to begin his ride from outside the city so that he can get a head start on the British.
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The friend will alert citizens of Boston while Revere warns villagers and farmers.
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Revere suspects that whatever the British do in the city, they will repeat in the countryside.
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The plan for defeating the British calls for an attack to start as soon as troops march into the city.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Revere needs to begin his ride from outside the city so that he can get a head start on the British. The friend will alert citizens of Boston while Revere warns villagers and farmers. Revere suspects that whatever the British do in the city, they will repeat in the countryside.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the poem, why did Paul Revere ask his friend to hang a lantern in the belfry arch of the Old Church? (page 236) What are they preparing for? The lantern would be used to give signals to Paul Revere if the British march by land or by sea. They are preparing for the attack of the British army.
Detailed explanation-3: -On this night in 1775, Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.
Detailed explanation-4: -A narrator recounts the story of Paul Revere’s ride, which took place in Massachusetts on April 18, 1775. On that night, Revere tells his friend to hang a lantern in the belfry of the Old North Church if the British forces begin to march-one light if they are coming by land, two if they are coming by sea.
Detailed explanation-5: -Revere’s ride will determine the nation’s destiny. Alerting the colonists that the British were coming meant that they would have time to organize a defense and win their independence. The poem says that Revere rode in to Concord.