Read a biography of Paul Revere. Discover why Paul Revere's ride was so important. See quotes by Paul Revere and learn why he was a Revolutionary...
QUICK FACTS Name: Paul Revere Birth Year: 1735 Birth date: January 1, 1735 Birth State: Massachusetts Birth City: Boston Birth Country: United States Gender: Male Best Known For: Silversmith Paul Revere took part in the Boston Tea Party and famously alerted the Lexington Minutemen about the ap...
Revere’s background was actually part French. His father was named Apollos Rivoire when he immigrated to Boston as a teenager. By 1729, Apollos would change his name to Paul Revere, which was also the name he bestowed on one of his sons. Revere himself never learned his father’s native...
In the spring of 1860, Harvard professor and well-regarded romantic poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow began working on a poem about an otherwise obscure messenger ride by American patriot Paul Revere on the evening of April 18-19, 1775. Longfellow hoped to use the story of Paul Revere’s ride...
InstructorJames Moeller In this lesson, we will discuss the Oneida Nation, member of the Six Nation Confederacy, acknowledged in history as one of the most powerful Indian alliances in America. You'll also learn about the Oneida Tribe's connection with the American Revolution and Paul Revere. ...
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Paul Revere, folk hero of the American Revolution whose dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775, warning Boston-area residents that the British were coming, was immortalized in a ballad by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Learn more about Rever
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John Singleton Copley: painting of Paul ReverePaul Revere holding a silver teapot, painting by John Singleton Copley, c. 1768. 2 of 2 John Singleton Copley:Jane BrowneJane Browne, oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1756; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. ...
Paul Revere’s ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord The Siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill Washington takes command The battle for New York A British general surrenders, and the French prepare for war After a hungry winter at Valley Forge ...