Paul Revere Diary Entry

Paul Revere was a man of many talents, a “Jack Of All Trades” if you will. Patriot, silversmith, engraver, and republican, he was destined to be a hero. Born to parents Apollos De Rivoire, a French Huguenot, and Deborah Hitchbourn, Paul Revere came into the world on January 1, 1735 in Boston Massachusetts. Clark’s Wharf is where the Reveres resided now. The third born of eight children Revere learned early the lesson of perseverance, a lesson that would be an important in his later life, Revere would need to keep on going no mater what obstacles appeared in his way. Revere attended school in Boston where he got a sufficient education as well as in the shop with his father and the wharves of where he lived. As Revere grows

On April 19, 1775 the Revolution finally began on the footsteps of Concord. After days of rumors British forces finally moved into the small town. Unlike most expected the minutemen held their own and protected the town of Concord along with militia from neighboring towns. When the fighting in town died down and everything was calm in Concord WIlliam Emerson claimed “This month [is] remarkable for the greatest Event taking Place in the present Age(132).” This attitude

On october 19, 1781 the British army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia. Although the treaty had yet to be signed, American independence had been accomplished. The Patriots had pulled off the most improvable upset by defeating the most powerful military of the day. Although the British had more troops, were highly trained, had more supplies, and a strong navy, the Patriots prevailed. Under the leadership of George Washington along with technological advancements in weaponry, aid from foreign allies, new fighting techniques, coupled with medical innovations and an extensive spy ring, a new nation is born.

The Revolutionary War took place between April 19, 1775 and September 3, 1783, when the thirteen original colonies desired freedom from Great Britain. The initial battle of The Revolutionary War was The Battle of Lexington and Concord, which took place on April 19, 1775. Other famous battles included The Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775), The Battle of Quebec (December 1775), The Siege of Charleston (June 1776), The Battle of Trenton (December 1776), The Battle of Saratoga (October 1777), The Battle of Rhode Island (August 1778), The Battle of Kings Mountain (October 1780), The Battle of Cowpens (January 1781), and The Battle of Yorktown (October 1781). The Revolutionary War (April 19,1775 to September 3, 1783) lasted about 8 years and 5 months.

Even though you might have heard stories about the origins of this present state of affairs, that we live in, you will not be aware of the various incidents that led up this day. Most of us, especially the younger ones, tend to take our present situation for granted. However, if you knew about the amount of blood that was spilled for this day one might approach life in a much fresher and novel way. The times before the Declaration and the French and Indian Wars were not a pleasant place to be. During these times, we were not free men and had to follow decisions which were made for us, rather than by us. Still then, most colonists thought of themselves as proud subjects of the strong British Empire that changed with the passing of the Coercive Acts in 1774. However, to talk about the political decisions that created such an impact would seem too foreign and incomprehensible to you. Instead, I want you to know the story of these years through a more personal perspective, mine. Through events, we know our present and future has been developed by our past, as those before us paved the way in improving this great nation by fighting for economic policies, political ideas and social advancements.

As a result of the attack on Boston King George III journeys to parliament to address the Nation’s leaders on the growing crisis in the American colonies. He declares the colonies to be in a state of rebellion and requests the support from the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It took a while but the King eventually won

early September, where after collecting money the British general Burgoyne travels across the Hudson to camp near Saratoga New York. this is where the enemy comes into play. the stupid and dumb patriots camped four miles from where our our general was with one thousand two hundred men with him and more coming as needed. They started to make forts along the battlefield to win the battle. With little information and Intell about the enemy, they tried their best to break through the patriots army. On September 19 the British Army moved to the south and fought with the Americans then engaged in the first part of the war. Then

The American Revolution was eighteen years of blood, death, and destruction, all leading up to the glorious moment of freedom and independence from the tyrannical law of the British. This revolution took the blood, sweat, and tears of thousands of patriotic soldiers who were willing to fight for a better nation for generations to come. The Boston Massacre on March 5th, 1770, when a group of British soldier fired at a group of cumbersome colonists and the blood of five civilians spilled onto the cobblestone of Boston. The Battle of

While armed clash among bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans fought only for their rights. By the next summer, with the Revolutionary War in

The date is March 5, 1770. It began as a normal day in Boston, Massachusetts, but soon became a day that would be remembered forever. I was walking with a few friends home from a tavern where we spent our afternoon. Everything seemed normal at the time, people talking, children playing, but as we continued walking down the street, something out of the ordinary. A boy about 13 or 14 seemed to be getting in some sort of feud with a British soldier! As their yelling began to escalate, a small crowd of about 10 people began to notice what was happening. The yelling got louder and louder! In one swift motion, the British soldier hit the boy in the face with the butt of his gun. There was a brief moments of gasps and silence, then anger. You could

11/30/1774 Today was a cold day but i have decided the fellow colonists and i need to make a meeting about breaking away from our mainland Britain now some of them my think we are crazy but i have faith in when we break away we will prosper now there will be many cold months and we do not have the proper training in case war breaks out our leader George Washington will lead us into battle the meeting will take place 12/5/1774

I am in the camp were training for upcoming battle and General George Washington is leading us hope we win.

For more than a decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, tensions had been building between the colonists and the British authorities. After fighting an expensive war with the French over North America, Britain felt that they should raise funds to pay off the war debt and cover the costs of administering the colonies (Keene, 100). They began to impose a series of laws enacting taxes on and prohibiting trade with the colonists. Feeling that their liberties were threatened, many quarrels broke out between the colonists and British soldiers, but the Battles at Lexington and Concord in 1775 kicked off the armed conflict. By the following summer, the Patriots were waging a full-scale war for their independence from Britain, the American Revolution. Support for freedom grew immensely, and soon a committee was appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence, which formally announced America’s decision to declare independence from Britain in 1776. In this declaration, the most famous line states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Document B). After many more battles, the American Revolution ended in 1783 with the British defeat at Yorktown and the signing of the Treaty of Paris. This war was said to have caused radical change for America, but in reality, it was not as revolutionary

This is the tale of some of the greatest heroes of the American Revolution. The first hero is Paul Revere. On April 19, 1775, he heard the news of what the British had planned. General Gage of the British army was going to send troops to Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. Paul Revere knew he had to do something. He got on his horse and went on a midnight ride threw the colonies. He yelled “The British Regulars are coming!” During his whole ride and told people “One if by land, two if by sea!” Meaning that they should look at the lighthouse to see how many lanterns are lit up. On the way to Lexington to save Sam Adams and John Hancock he was stopped by British soldiers on horses. They asked him where he was going and he told them he was going to warn the people of the regulars that were coming. They thought that their army was too powerful and that it didn’t matter if the colonists knew that they were coming. So, they let him go. When he got to Lexington the Regulars weren’t there yet. He found John Hancock and Sam Adams and knocked on their door. Someone came down and asked what he was doing there. He told them to pack their bags and get out of Lexington. After that he rode on. He soon realized that he should go back and check on them so he doubled back and knocked on the door. They answered and hadn’t done anything. He stayed there until they left. They rode on and soon realised that they forgot their smoked fish from the night before. After they had returned

USA The American Revolution and the war for independence from Britain began with a small fight between British troops and colonists on April 19,1775. The British troops left Boston, Massachusetts, planning to take weapons and ammunition from revolutionary colonists. At Lexington, they met armed colonists who were called Minutemen because they could be ready to fight in a minute. The Minutemenplanned to protest silently and not shoot unless the British shot first .The British ordered the Minutemen to leave. The colonists obeyed, but as they left, someone fired a shot. The British troops attacked the Minutemen with guns and bayonets. The Declaration of Independence told the world