Paul Revere

After reading both “Paul Revere’s Ride”, textbook evidence, and watching two videos about Paul Revere, I have concluded that he is not the man many think he is. Contrary to the famous poem, Paul Revere did not ride alone on his journey, and he did not reach Concord. However, his friend did stand on a church tower and signal him with lamps.

Paul Revere was famous for the warning of british troops on April 18, 1775. Sadly, this is just a poem. “Paul Revere’s Ride,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a poem incorrectly depicting the events of the fateful night.We’ll look at the Belknap Letter, a letter written by Paul Revere himself depicting what happened that night. We’ll look at the similarities and differences to see how different these two tellings of the night are and how Paul Revere was not a unique hero of the battle of Lexington.

In “ paul revere’s ride ” poem and in the letter from paul revere there are similarities and differences. I will give you three differences and similarities. The three similarities are they both say paul revere’s midnight ride was on april 18th 1775 , they both tell about one by land or two by sea depending on where the british come from, and they both talked about how the british would attack. My differences are the letter gives more information than the poem , in the poem it told some details of the battle , and in the letter paul revere barely talked about his midnight ride. Now i will explain my similarities than differences.

In the historical account, Paul Revere crossed the river to Lexington, in the poem he also crossed the river to Lexington. In both the historical account and the poem. Paul Revere crossed the Charleston River to Lexington to warn the colonists. In the historical account it states,” The other, Paul Revere, was rowed across the Charles River where he would borrow a horse to continue to

Patrick was born on May 29, 1736 in Studley, Virginia. He was best known for his speech “Give me liberty or give me death”. When he was younger he tried growing tobacco but failed trying after three years. So he started studying law, he became a lawyer in 1770 because he was fascinated by politics, and everything in general about law. He became a famous lawyer because of the “Parson’s case”. Before he became a famous lawyer he went to trials in a nearby court. He soon came to marry a lady named Sarah Shelton, they got married in 1754 but their marriage came to an end because she died in 1775. He married a lady named Dorethea Dandridge, between her and sarah they had 17 children. Patrick was a lawyer, patriot, orator, and a willing participant in virtually every aspect of founding america. He was also in the sons and daughters of liberty.

Paul revere was riding home with Samuel Dawes and William Prescott and noticed the British were marching toward Lexington in large numbers. He also noticed the were heavily armed and were ready to fight. He rode north through the streets of Lexington, Concord, and other various small

The soldier’s time to serve would be up in just ten days, the British continued to win battles, all hope of winning the war was fading and everyone was ready to put down their weapons and surrender to Great Britain. However, George Washington was not settling with anything less than trying their best. He kept that little flicker of hope that was still left, alive. The Continental Congress did not see much hope in the war either and turned the responsibility of the war to General George Washington. Washington received a message from Congress saying,

There were several flaws, and it wasn't entirely true. After all, nobody except witnesses and those who took part in action really knew the true story. And engraving were like these pictures pretty much so they needed to hear from someone on horseback to know about what's happening around them. And Paul Revere back then was famous for that so he would be trusted by the people to hear the true news, but then back to perspective he was a colonist. And not to mention also a leader jun the Sons of Liberty! And that also reveals what type of person he was, so he would use it to is advantage. And so after he heard of the incident he went straight to work and created an engraving proving his point. And his point was that no matter what the british soldiers felt and what they did they were just completely scandalous and should be looked like that by all colonist. So revere had set to work making the massacre dramatic and showing the soldiers as monsters. And when he finished with it he made it his mission to warn all the colonist of this, and when he did it became the ¨Bloody

Although Revere was not one of the founding members of the Sons of Liberty, he was still actively involved. He did not partake in the violent protests executed by the Sons of Liberty but used his skills as a silversmith to produce engravings, among other political artifacts. For example, the members of this group “wore special insignia that might have been made by Paul Revere - a silver medal with a Liberty Tree and the words ‘Sons of Liberty’ engraved on its face.” He partook in small ways that still showed his support of the group. Later, when the British parliament repealed the tax, Revere was credited with helping to organize a public celebration.

Paul Revere was summoned by Dr.Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston.Samuel Adams and John Hancock,who were staying at a house in Lexington,and probably continue on to the town of Concord,to capture or destroy military stores — gunpowder,ammunition,and several cannon.

From the beginning, America has been a safe place for the fostering and cultivating of new thoughts and ideologies, but not without repercussion. This is evident in the life of both John Winthrop and James Madison. From early on in their political careers, both leaders faced political opposition. John Winthrop left familiarity in search of religious freedom and the pursuit of a life pleasing to God. James Madison, in creativity, thought of an entirely renovated way to successfully restructure the government of a nation that acted more as separate states. By using their backgrounds as a driving force for innovation they renovate governmental systems and lead the people from the ground up, inspired by Reformation and republicanism. Their implementation of government was different in emphasis, but the republican ideals behind it were the same.

In 1774, the Liberty Boys, spied on British men and met regularly to give information. Four years after his midnight ride, Paul Revere served as commander of land artillery in the catastrophic Penobscot Expedition of 1779. Paul Revere is usually most remembered for his horsemanship. He is also known for his contributions from his hammer and chisel. His ability to appeal to the colonial people through works of his copper engravings demonstrated the power of propaganda. After the War, Revere increased his business to open an iron foundry at the North End of Boston making utilitarian cast iron products that were useful and widely purchased by the local people. He also opened a copper mill which made bells for churches and rolled copper for the hulls of wooden ships. All of this demonstrated that Paul Revere was a man of great talents, and was therefore indispensable to Boston’s fame in resisting the authority of the British Parliament and King George III. Paul Revere did not gain immediate fame for his April 1775 Midnight Ride. In fact, it wasn't until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, which greatly abolished Revere's act, that he became the folk hero we think of

In 1860, less than one hundred years after the event in which it is based on, the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere was immortalized in a children’s poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem became an instant classic and is mostly remembered by the opening line, “Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Written at a time when the United States was on the brink of a Civil War, it made some accurate accounts of what happened that night however, it was a children’s poem therefore a lot of the events were distorted and dramatized. The most important being, Paul Revere was not alone on his “Midnight Ride” as the poem says. William Dawes Jr. and Dr. Samuel Prescott also rode with him that night. Whatever

John Adams (1735-1826) was a leader of the American Revolution, and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801. The Massachusetts-born, Harvard-educated Adams began his career as a lawyer. Intelligent, patriotic, opinionated and blunt, Adams became a critic of Great Britain’s authority in colonial America and viewed the British imposition of high taxes and tariffs as a tool of oppression. During the 1770s, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Adams served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783), which officially ended the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). From 1789 to 1797, Adams was America’s first vice president. He then served a term as the nation’s second president.

First of, “Paul Revere’s ride in 1860,during the turbulent times when the United States was on the brink of civil war.” Some of the people didn’t know how he was or anything like that he might have been a normal person. “How accurate was longfellow poem?” The author was Franklin Johnson, “Paul Revere and the American Revolution” by: Ethel Ames, and “Paul Revere’s Ride” written By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. What I have learned in the “Paul Revere and the American Revolution” was that on April 18, 1775, that Revere was sent to Lexington so he can warn the American leaders, Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British troops were on their way to arrest them and then seize weapons being stored in Concord. How it was accurate is by that