Research Paper: The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere

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Why do we only remember Paul Revere and not the other Midnight riders who helped warn the colonist that the British were coming?
Paul revere has been famous for his midnight ride through colonies warning them that the British were coming. He was a part of the Sons of Liberty who believed in freedom for the American people. Throughout the education of most Americans they are only taught about Paul Revere and his heroic actions in helping in the American Revolution. Although most people don’t learn more about our history, if not the full truth, until they go to college. Paul Revere was not only a carrier he was a silversmith, engraver, dentist, and a patriot along with many other things. He was not initially famous for that ride, he actually didn’t get famous for it like he is today until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.”
Before Paul Revere’s famous ride there were many events that it had led up to Dr. Joseph Warren, one of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty, asking him to warn the colonies. The British placed unfair taxes upon the colonies and basically used them to gain more power and money. As an attempt to rebel against the British, the Sons of Liberty did was is known as the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was an important event, in which …show more content…

Which was essentially wrong. Some historians even believe that his poem could be about slavery and John Brown and not so much about liberty and Paul Revere. It is even said that it was meant to be that way. In Longfellow’s poem it also mentions that the lanterns are what warned Revere about the redcoats coming on water but he actually already knew from Dr. Warren and that was put into place to warn other patriots in Charleston. The poem also didn’t say that Revere was captured on Lexington. In fact it states he completed the mission to

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