Hello. I’m guessing you are here to listen to my story, my famous ‘Midnight Ride’? Settle down and get comfortable, because it is a long story. Might as well start from the very beginning. I was born on January first, seventeen thirty-five in Boston, Massachusetts, before America became an independent country. That means we were still controlled by the British. My father’s name was Appollos De Revoire, a French Huguenot (a member of the Protestant faith). My mother’s name was Deborah Hitchbourn-Revere. Although, you don’t really care about that stuff do you? You think the most interesting thing about me is my ‘Midnight Ride’, as they called it. Yes, yes, I can tell by the way your eyes lit up that I am correct and that that is the pretty much the only reason you came here today. My ride was on the eighteenth of April, seventeen seventy-five. I was sent to Lexington, Massachusetts by Dr. Joseph Warren to warn patriots Samuel Adams (1722-1803) and John Hancock (1737-1793) that the British soldiers were coming to arrest them. He had also sent William Dawes to warn them, but he was using a separate route. At around eleven o’clock, I walked into town and met Colonel Conat, and Richard Devens, both members of the Committee of Safety. I borrowed a horse from Deacon John Larkin and set out underneath the very bright full moon. I wasn’t a very long distance past the Cambridge and Medford roads intersection, when I spotted two British officers standing in the shadow of a huge tree. I made to go back to Medford road, but one tried to intercept me by going across a nearby field and he got stuck in a pond. The other one gave up when he saw that my horse was much faster than his. I took a longer rou... ... middle of paper ... ...ing broke and we were nearing the Lexington Meeting-House gunshots could be heard. The British officers became scared and alarmed, so they took my horse, then rode back toward the Meeting-House. Horseless, I walked through a cemetery and more than one pasture until I reached Reverend Clarke’s house. The battle had begun. Works Cited http://poetry.eserver.org/paul-revere.html http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts-on-paul-revere.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_Paul_Revere%27s_Mother http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Revere-Paul.html?Comments%5Bdo%5D=mod&Comments%5Bid%5D=2 http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/events/revere/page2.html http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.shtml http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minutemen+++++++ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/astutely
Paul Revere’s Ride has many sections which decodes Reveres life. Paul Revere’s midnight ride has a huge event in America’s history but was overlooked by many. David Hackett wrote this book telling all what happened before, during, and after his journey which led to the American Revolution. This showed the courageousness of Revere throughout his lifetime from his childhood to his battles. Hackett also unravels the story of Thomas Gage. He also took a huge role in impacting American liberty and law, and the American Revolution.
On March 5th, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts, a soldier rang a town bell that meant there was a fire or that police backup was needed after being approached by Boston residents who were being hostile towards him. In response to the bell being rung, British commanding officer, Thomas Preston, came to the soldier’s aid with armed British troops. Because the bell also meant “fire,” many residents flooded into the area believing a fire was occurring. A mob broke out, and the hostility of the Boston citizens rose. Objects such as ice and rocks were thrown and many citizens were armed with clubs, sticks, and other objects. At one point, an object hit a soldier, causing his gun to go off. Amidst all of the people screaming “fire,” British troops thought that Preston told them to fire.
On April 19, 1775, British soldiers attacked the towns of Lexington and Concord. When the news reached West Springfield a company of minutemen composed of West Springfield’s citizens began the nearly one hundred mile march to the west on April 20th. Captain Enoch Chapin, First Lieutenant Samuel Fowler and Second Lieutenant Luke Day led fifty men westward to aid their fellow colonists. They were part of a larger regiment led by Colonel Patterson. At the end of their month long service, the minutemen returned home. A majority of the men would later re-enlist.
In “Battles of Lexington and Concord”, the goals of the British were hindered due to American preparation. One of the goals of the British was “capturing pat...
On the night of March 5th, it is believed that a small group of boys began taunting a British soldier. Over the boys’ nonsense, the soldier battered one of his oppressors with his musket. Soon after the alleged incident a crowd of about fifty or sixty people surrounded the frightened solider. The enraged crowd of people sounded the soldier, encouraging him to call for backup. Soon after calling for help, seven soldiers along with Captain Preston...
To set the stage for this battle, we must first understand what the British were thinking at the time. The British had not ...
He stopped in Roxbury, Brookline, Cambridge, Menotomy, Lexington, and finally Concord. While he was riding towards Concord, he rallied more riders in the towns he went through. Since William Dawes could avoid getting caught, he made great time and caught up with Paul Revere who had the much shorter route. They rode into Lexington together. After the warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock, both important people in the Revolutionary War, they set off to Concord. Dr. Samuel Prescott joined them on their ride to Concord. Dr. Prescott was a lifelong resident of Concord. He was in Lexington visiting his
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
...n, was in sight and dividing themselves into a battlefield formation as they came upon Lexington Green. What happened next is still debated. A shot was fired, and neither side would claim responsibility for this first act of war. But when it was over, two massive British volleys had been fired, answered by only one, weak volley of American musket fire and eight militiamen were dead and ten wounded, including Captain Parker. But this was only the start of the Revolutionary War. In the years to come, many Americans and British soldiers would die in their battle to stand up for a country and a future that they believed in. As for Paul Revere, his role in calling the patriots, the minutemen, the militia of the countryside together and up in arms will remain as imperative to the study of American history as any battle or shot that took place in the Revolution of America.
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 the reasons for not mentioning them, American’s would have forgotten about their sacrifices that night if not for this classic children’s poem. Historical fact remains that the Midnight Ride made by Revere, Dawes, and Prescott played an important role in pre-Revolutionary Boston. The true events of what happened on April 18, 1775 will forever be etched in the pages of American History.
Paul Revere's Ride is a collection of historical accounts centering around Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the countryside of the battles that occurred. The novel is made up of narrative accounts that tell the whole story of the midnight ride. David Hackett Fischer goes to great lengths to cover every possible angle in telling the story. "Fischer illuminates the figure of Paul Revere, a man far more complex than a simple artisan and messenger"(3). By adding different perspectives he allows the reader to see not only the American idealistic point of view, but we get a chance to hear British accounts of these particular events. In this way Hackett Fischer paints an accurate and unbiased picture not only of Paul Revere and his ride, but also of many other supporting historical figures that were important in making these events happen.
...a out into the harbor. Then a few years later in 1775 soldiers were told there was an armory in concord and marched to it. While marching they came across minute men who are not soldiers but will fight to protect their homes.
Sitting in their cottage, mayhap talking of the soldier brother, there fell upon the ears of these defenseless home-keepers strange sounds: the galloping of horses, the clanging of swords, frequent shots, sharp, quick commands. They wondered what all this clamor could mean, and rushing to the porch, they saw companies of men clad in blue, all riding in hot haste toward the bridge over the creek. They were beating and spurring their brutes [mules], which seemed weary under their human burdens, and in their dumb way resenting the cruel and harsh measures used to drive them to greater and more strenuous effort.
I was born on May 9th of the year 1800. My family lived in Torrington, CT, but soon after, relocated to Ohio, where I spent my young life. My early ancestors sailed to the Americas in the 1600’s on the Mayflower. A lot of things scarred me early in my childhood. Onc...
The day was April 18, 1775. Revere, in Boston at the time, had just been informed by Joseph Warren that General Thomas Gage had dispatched a group of Regulars to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock, in Lexington, and burn the military stores in Concord. (Fischer 95-97) Revere acted quickly and moved to the Christ Church, the tallest building in the North End at the time. He had been told to light a lantern visible from Charlestown to warn a group of Charlestown Whigs of the moving Redcoats. Here, three of Revere's friends and fellow Whigs came to his aid. The most prominent of the three was Robert Newman, a sexton in the church. The three managed to evade the Redcoat guards and were able to light the lantern and send the message. Revere, promptly, went back to his house to prepare for his journey. (Forbes 254-257)