Paul Revere

The Life of Paul Revere

Paul Revere was born in Boston,
Massachusetts in 1735. Boston was a
very important city in The American
Revolution.

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When Paul Revere was young, the
United States did not exist. America
was a part of Britain. America was
divided into thirteen colonies.

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Paul Revere went to work with his
father at a young age. Paul Revere's
father was a silversmith. A
silversmith is a person who makes
goods out of silver or other metals.

Paul Revere worked as a silversmith for

many years, but he also had other jobs. He
was a cartoonist, a soldier, and a
messenger.
Paul Revere drew
political cartoons
for local
newspapers.

Paul Revere worked as a silversmith for many years,

but he also had other jobs. He was a cartoonist, a
soldier, and a messenger.

Paul Revere was a

soldier in the
French and Indian
War.

Paul Revere worked as a silversmith for many years, but he

also had other jobs. He was a cartoonist, a soldier, and a
messenger.

Paul Revere was a

messenger, carrying
mail and news on
horseback.

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Paul Revere's shop was near the
Boston Harbor. Many ships came into
the Boston Harbor to load and unload
goods. Paul Revere learned many
things from the captains of the ships
and the travelers to Boston.

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The people who lived in America
were called colonists. The colonists
were ruled by England, even though
they were thousands of miles away.
They had to follow the laws of the
King of England. Many colonists were
unhappy about the British
government's choices.

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In Paul Revere's time many people
joined groups and clubs to talk about
their work and make friends.
Sometimes these clubs were for people
who had the same ideas.
One group Paul Revere belonged to was
called the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of
Liberty believed that the thirteen
colonies should be free from England

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The British government needed
money. They decided to make the
colonists pay taxes on the goods that
they bought. Some items that had
taxes on them were tea and paper
goods.

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During the Boston Tea Party colonists
dressed up like Native Americans and
boarded ships to unload the tea they
were carrying. Instead of unloading the
tea, the colonists dumped the tea into
the Boston Harbor, ruining all of the
tea.

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The King of England was very angry
that the colonists did not want to pay
the taxes. He ordered ships to
surround the Boston Harbor.
The blockade of the harbor caused all
trade to stop, which made the
colonists angry too.

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The colonists that supported freedom
for the colonies were called Patriots.
The British troops thought that if they
destroyed the Patriots' supplies and
captured the Patriot leaders, the other
colonists would obey. The Patriots found
out about the British soldiers' plan and
made their own plan to warn other
Patriots when the attack happened.

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The Patriots' plan was to send two
men on horseback from Boston to
Lexington to warn Patriot leaders
that the soldiers were coming. Paul
Revere was one of these riders,
Williams Dawes was the other rider.
Each man was to take a different way
from Boston to Lexington.

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On the night of April 18, 1775 a friend of
Paul Revere's was to hang lanterns in the
steeple of the Old North Church in Boston
to help warn the Patriots. One lantern was
to be hung if the soldiers were coming
across the land to attack. Two lanterns
were to be hung if the soldiers were
coming by sea, meaning across the rivers.

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That night Revere and Dawes saw two
lanterns in the church steeple. They
made sure the Patriots in Boston saw
the signal and were ready. Then the
men took two different routes to
Lexington. Revere and Dawes
borrowed horses, boats, or whatever
else they needed to spread the words
along the way to Lexington.

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Paul Revere made it all the way to Lexington and
delivered the message. He met up with William
Dawes and they rested. Samuel Prescott joined
them and they rode towards Concord, the next
town. Just as they left for Concord all three men
were caught by British soldiers.

Dawes and Prescott escaped, but Paul Revere did

not. After a while, the soldiers let Paul Revere go,
but they kept his horse. Paul Revere had to walk
back to Lexington.

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Early the next morning the British
soldiers were almost at Lexington. The
patriot militia was ready for them,
because they had been warned the
night before. The Patriots had moved
their weapons and had gathered to
fight the British.

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Paul Revere was one of the men who
warned other Patriots and allowed
them to be ready to fight the British. If
Paul Revere had not warned the
Patriots, we might still be living as an
English colony.

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The colonists protested the taxes.
They did not want to pay them
because they were not allowed to
vote for them. The Boston Tea Party
was organized by the Sons of Liberty.