Paul Reveres Ride

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Paul Reveres Ride

• By
• Helen Werntz
• Forest Acres Elementary School
• November 2001

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American Patriot

• Paul Revere was an American Patriot who along
  with many other colonists was angered by the
  British troops who were living in Boston. On
  March 5 1770 a group of angry colonists
  gathered near some British soldiers and shouted
  insults at them. Soon a fight broke out and the
  soldiers fired their guns. Five colonists were
  killed in the Boston Massacre. Paul Revere
  printed a picture of the event for the newspaper.
  Needless to say the picture and the story
  angered even more colonists!

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Paul the Tea Party

• On the night of
• December 16 1773 Paul was involved in the
  Boston Tea Party. He and a group of men dressed
  up as Native Americans climbed onto a British
  ship and threw English tea into Boston Harbor.
  This was a protest on the high taxes that the
  English placed on the price of tea.

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• Tensions between the American colonists and the
  British soldiers got worse. British General
  Thomas Gage learned that two Patriot leaders
  John Hancock and Samuel Adams were hiding out in
  the town of Lexington. He also learned that the
  Americans had been stockpiling weapons and
  military equipment in the town of Concord. He
  ordered approximately 800 British soldiers to
  arrest Hancock and Adams and seize the weapons.

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The Secret Signal

• Paul Revere found out about General Gages plans
  and decided he needed to do something to help the
  Patriots. He would warn Hancock and Adams and the
  people of Concord.
• He arranged for friends to give a secret signal
  to let him know how the British troops would
  leave Boston.
• They were to put one lantern in the steeple of
  Old North Church if the British would be coming
  by land and two lanterns if they would be moving
  by sea. Finally Paul saw the signal
• two lanterns!

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Missing Spurs!

• Pauls friends agreed to take him across the
  river in a boat. There he would find a swift
  horse waiting for him. Just as he was about to
  get into the boat he realized that he had left
  his spurs at home. He would need them for such a
  an important mission!

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Now you see why dogs are called Mans Best Friend!

• Fortunately Pauls dog had followed him to the
  river. Paul wrote a a note to his wife attached
  the note to the dogs collar and told the dog to
  go home. When the dog returned Pauls spurs
  were tied to his collar and the note was gone!
  Now Paul was ready for his
• important ride!

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Pauls Ride

• On the other side of the river Paul Revere and
  another patriot William Dawes rode in different
  directions to try and warn John Hancock and
  Samuel Adams that the British were on their way
  to arrest them. They also wanted to tell the
  colonists in the towns of Lexington and Concord
  that the British soldiers were on their way!

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The British are Coming!

• Paul rode his horse Brown Beauty into the
  night. When he reached the town of Lexington he
  shouted warnings The regulars are out! (The
  British are coming!) William Dawes arrived in
  the town soon after Paul. They found the house
  where John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying.
  They warned them to leave or they would soon be
  arrested or killed.

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The End of the Ride

• Paul and William Dawes met up with another
  Patriot Dr. Samuel Prescott. The three of them
  headed to Concord to warn of the British
  invasion. They had not gone far before they were
  spotted by British soldiers. Dawes and Prescott
  escaped but Paul was stopped. He managed to get
  away from the soldiers but his horse was taken
  from him. He had to walk back to Lexington but
  he will always be remembered for his
• famous midnight ride.

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Resources

• 2The Boston Massacre
• http//www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_0305_bosto
  n_1_e.html
• 5Old North Church
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• 6Paul Reveres House
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• 8Map of Boston Area
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