Team Members

Samantha Wigley

Thomas Navich

Mikkell Green               

Desiree Howe

 Background Information

Paul married Sarah Orne and entered his father's silversmith business. At the time his first wife died in 1773, Paul had eight children.He soon remarried and had eight more children. He also made copper bells for ships.He was named after his father.He was born in the year 1773 and he died in 1818.One of his accomplishments is that he rode on horse back to warn farmers and villagers that the British were coming.This was called his Midnight Ride.

Paul's house was located at the north end of Boston. He owned this house from 1770 to the 1800s.

Role in the American Revolution

He served for a short time in the French and Indian War.1774 to spring 1775 he was employed by the Boston Commitee of Correspondence.Paul and William Dawes both set off on horse to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were coming. Both John and Samuel got away in time. They also warned villages and farms.

Key Events Timeline

1735-Was born on January 1,in Boston, Massachusetts.

1773-Paul was personally involved during the Revolution when he and a few others disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.This was called the Boston Tea Party.

1775-The British commander in Boston sent soldiers to Concord to find guns and powder. They were also ordered to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock who were hiding in Lexington. Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn the citizens that the British army was on its way. Revere was captured, but he escaped safely.

1775-83-Three major events from the Revolutionary War are the Stamp Act which was a law passed by the British Parliment,the Declaration of Independence was signed,and the Intolerable Acts have been placed during the Revolutionary War.

1776-July 4, John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence.Thomas Jefferson also wrote the Declaration of Independence.

1818-Paul died on May 10.

 The Improtance of this Patriot

 Paul was a person with great care to his country.

 Every fifth grader should know about him because he was in the Boston Tea Party, the Midnight ride and in the the French and Indian War for a short time.Paul was a patriot in the American Revolution. He was a great man.

   Quotes

"The British are coming"

"One if by land, two if by sea;

And I on the opposite shore will be,

Ready to ride and spread the alarm

Through every Middlesex, village and farm,

For the country folk to be up and to arm."

After looking for the signal (one lantern if the regulars - the term used for invading British soldiers - were coming by land, or two if they were coming by sea) in the Christ Church steeple, Paul Revere and other Americans rode through the dark of the night on the eve of April 19,1775, to warn the country folk of the danger to come.

Sources

  Paul Revere House.mht 

  revoluntionarywar - Paul Revere.mht  

 Lesson 6  The Minutemen.mht