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What was Paul Revere purpose of telling the collney that the british were coming?
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Revere didn't run around yelling the "British are coming." This is one of the fables in American history that comes from a source written a 100 years after Paul Revere was alive. The source is a poem by Longfellow called The Ride of Paul Revere and this has been used by people as if it told the complete truth. What actually happened was that Revere was commissioned by the Son's of Liberty ( he was also a member) to watch to see if the British were going to cross the Charles River intoCharlestown so they could move on to Concord and Lexington to find guns and ammo that they thought the colonials were hiding. About 600 British soldiers landed in row boats and at that point it was the job of Revere to start to ride for Lexington He did that, but enroute he was stopped by a British patrol and his horse was taken away ( it was a borrowed horse too) so he was on foot and couldn't complete the ride. Two other men Dawes and Prescott finished the ride that night. When Longfellow wrote the poem I am sure he used Revere because it was an easy name to rhyme with other words, so he twisted history a bit. Two other people made the same type of ride that night. One was a teenage girl named Cybil Luddington and she rode a good sixty miles. The other was Israel Bissel and his rode over a 100 miles and killed one horse doing it, but you never hear of these teens who were very brave and did more than the adults. One last point. No one would have said that the "British were coming because they say themselves as British. It would be like one of us going out into the street yelling the Americans are coming. Very silly.
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What does one if by land and two if by sea mean?
This is in the first stanza of Longfellow's poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere written in 1861. He is telling how Revere would know how the British came into Boston . One lantern by land and two lanterns by sea from the Old North Church. In this way Revere would know how to warn the colonists. As a point of reference Revere did not finish his ride.
How was Paul Revere captured by the British?
because Paul revere was on a midnight ride and his route he was on the british were on too
Did Paul Revere Really say the British are coming?
No. Revere would not have said "the British are coming" because many colonists still identified as British in certain respects at that time. Different sources suppose that he said either "the Red Coats are advancing" or, more probably, "the Regulars are out," as Regulars was the term commonly used to refer to the British.No, he said, "The Regulars are coming."
What is Paul Revere's famous cry?
The British are coming!The British are coming!
Did Paul Revere Keep The British From Invading?
no
Who was telling the British were coming?
Paul Revere.
Why was Paul Revere on of Americas heroes?
Paul Revere is a hero because he risked his life for the colonists. He was a messenger for them, and he was captured by the British for going back telling the Minutemen that the British were coming for them, so he was arrested and was sent to jail for a couple of years.
What does one if by land and two if by sea mean?
This is in the first stanza of Longfellow's poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere written in 1861. He is telling how Revere would know how the British came into Boston . One lantern by land and two lanterns by sea from the Old North Church. In this way Revere would know how to warn the colonists. As a point of reference Revere did not finish his ride.
How was Paul Revere captured by the British?
because Paul revere was on a midnight ride and his route he was on the british were on too
Who warned Concorde that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
How did Paul Revere use to pass by the British ship?
What did Paul Revere use to quietiy pass by the British ship
Was Paul Revere a hero to the British?
No
Was Rachel Revere on the British or American side of the American Revolutionary War?
She was not on the British side because her husband ,Paul Revere was a Patriot.
Did Paul Revere Really say the British are coming?
No. Revere would not have said "the British are coming" because many colonists still identified as British in certain respects at that time. Different sources suppose that he said either "the Red Coats are advancing" or, more probably, "the Regulars are out," as Regulars was the term commonly used to refer to the British.No, he said, "The Regulars are coming."
How was Paul revere a leader or what made revere a leader?
he warned everyone that the british were coming
Who warned people in concord and lexington of the british attack?
Paul Revere
What was the purous of Paul Revere's ride?
According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Ed. 6, 2008, Paul Revere was a courier (essentially a messenger) for the Massachusetts committee of correspondence. The purpose of his ride on the night of April 18, 1775, was to warn the people in the Massachusetts countryside that the British were going on an expedition (which started the Revolutionary War). Revere never reached Concord, which was his destination; instead, he was captured by the British.
