PAUL REVERE’S RIDEA Man Brought into the Light

His Appearance & UpbringingPaul Revere’s America

Very Ordinary Not too short, not

too tall Determined and

focused Relaxes with his

shirt undone

A brilliant designing father

Never learned French, a true Yankee

Strongly Disciplined Boston his

childhood playgroundBoston

Gage’s RoleThe Mission

Goal was to prevent another embarrassment

Planned a discrete retaliation Gathered information and formal

intelligence Prepared for an attack on Worcester

Congregational meetinghouse Countrymen were intimidating the

Englishmen

The Warning

A messenger dashes to tell Revere of the inbound attack

Hancock and Adams were targeted Revere was warned and sent to warn

other important Whig leaders Revere’s role was a collected effort

among many Boston citizens.

The March

Soldiers gathered by their Sgt’s Whispers Sent through the thick marshes Wearing their elegant Red Coats and whit

linen Undesirable rations were sent from the

Navy’s supply of hard biscuits Late night and early weather caused

shivering of the soldiers

The Alarm Revere needed yet

another mission His Leadership

brought fellow Whigs together

Not just important military leaders

Gathered important News and Information leaders

After Revere reached many of the houses word spread north as he rode west

Every house was warned by Revere and his leadership

The Muster The Militia began to gather in their own

regions after hearing the warning The men were gaining force as more

people were warned Militia required many long hours of

planning and combined effort from everyone

The Rescue

Focused on the task at hand Revere ignored the painstakingly cold weather chomping away at his bones

Revere reached his objective of Lexington

The two leaders were debating until Revere showed up

The Battle

April 19, 1775 was the day farmers became soldiers

Many of the skirmishers were organized by military personnel

Leaders were all trusted mill man, farmers, churchman, etc.

General Gage sent troops to search the Cities

A Circle of Fire

General Gage used extreme secrecy that worked for the worse causing confusion

The Chain of communication failed several times in mustering forces to unite the British Military

Trouble was scarce from the country folk

Aftermath

All the leaders with no act of pay needed reimbursement for their roles

Many took cuts in pay and sacrificed more than money

News spread of the Whig rebellion and support grew as popular opinion promoted the colonies