Great Britain And The Colonies

One of the most well known person from the American Revolution is the man who warned the troops that the “The British are coming! the British are coming!” Paul Revere was a American Revolution era silversmith and Patriot against the English forces trying to take back control of America. Paul Revere’s famous phrase was one of the reasons that the minute men around Boston, Massachusetts were on ready for an attack at Lexington that would have been major in the war. Although we know him for his “Midnight Ride” and the 1861 poem he is the star of, right now the focus is not around him or his actions, it’s around his outhouse.

Paul Revere warned the colonists that the British were coming when he made his famous midnight ride. They British were met by armed colonists at Lexington and Concord, and they resisted the British. The armed colonists were known as the Minutemen.

Paul revere was riding home with Samuel Dawes and William Prescott and noticed the British were marching toward Lexington in large numbers. He also noticed the were heavily armed and were ready to fight. He rode north through the streets of Lexington, Concord, and other various small

Paul Revere rode on his horse to warn the people that the British troops were coming. Paul and the sons of liberty had made a secret code using lanterns

Paul Revere has many misconceptions. The text says Paul Revere did warn the patriots of a British attack, but he didn't say the British are coming. "............he was not alone." There were more people than just him.

Paul Revere was sent out to warn Samuel Adams and John Handcock. The most common myth is that Paul Revere rode this journey alone, we know now that he was accompanied by at least two other men, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. Probably the most famous line we learn from an early age, and probably the most famous quote attributed to Paul Revere is that he rode in to Lexington shouting “the British are coming, the British are coming!” we know that it was his job to warn the people of exactly this, we know that there are a couple of reasons why these are not actually words that would have been spoken. “since scores of British troops were hiding out in the Massachusetts countryside” his intentions were to be as quiet and discrete as possible.

Early in the evening on April 18, 1775 Dr. Joseph Warren, a prominent leader of the Sons of Liberty, became aware that Gage’s soldiers were marching to Boston common.4 Warren knew the warning had to get out so he summoned William Dawes, a local tanner and active Boston militiaman, for the important mission. Dawes instructions, the land route, were to ride to Lexington and Concord and report on the British movements and to notify colonial leaders along his routes. Dawes immediately rode

e. To set new tax rates in the colonies in response to a request from Parliament

Paul Revere was summoned by Dr.Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston.Samuel Adams and John Hancock,who were staying at a house in Lexington,and probably continue on to the town of Concord,to capture or destroy military stores — gunpowder,ammunition,and several cannon.

The Revolutionary War started in April of 1775 in response to taxation from Britain, and also a want to separate America from British rule. The reason for this, according to Beauchamp, was that the British wanted to continue to grow their empire’s wealth by increasing the pricing of taxes, which would contribute to the colonist’s protection and administration (Beauchamp, 2010). Taxes that were meant to achieve this were eventually the subject of complaint and protest amongst the colonies, showing their clear disdain for the pricing of the taxes, and also that they felt Britain should not be able to control them from thousands of miles away, eventually leading to the start of the revolutionary war. The battle that is said to have been the beginning of the revolutionary war was the Battle of Lexington and the Battle of Concord. In these two battles, Minutemen, which was the

Members of the First Continental Congress did not suffer from lack of communication, as “The first few weeks were consumed in discussion and debate. The colonies had always, up to this time, acted as independent entities.” With that many delegates had to overcome distrust and learn to work as a whole body rather than individuals with different agendas.

This angered colonists because they had no representation in Parliament, meaning they were forced to do whatever the King ordered at this point.

The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. The men who attended were, for the most part, the same men who had appeared in the first Continental Congress. “The Adamses and the Livingstons, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Peyton Randolph, Jay Henry, Washington, and Lee were there, as also Franklin” (Fiske 132). The objectives of Congress were better understood in the Second Continental Congress, so more was accomplished (Burnett 65). The main goal of the Second Continental Congress was to restore harmony between Great Britain and the Colonies. Ideas that sprang from this were the establishment of rights and liberties, the repeal of the acts that Britain placed on the colonies, and the establishment of peace, welfare, and security in the colonies.

USA The American Revolution and the war for independence from Britain began with a small fight between British troops and colonists on April 19,1775. The British troops left Boston, Massachusetts, planning to take weapons and ammunition from revolutionary colonists. At Lexington, they met armed colonists who were called Minutemen because they could be ready to fight in a minute. The Minutemenplanned to protest silently and not shoot unless the British shot first .The British ordered the Minutemen to leave. The colonists obeyed, but as they left, someone fired a shot. The British troops attacked the Minutemen with guns and bayonets. The Declaration of Independence told the world

This is the tale of some of the greatest heroes of the American Revolution. The first hero is Paul Revere. On April 19, 1775, he heard the news of what the British had planned. General Gage of the British army was going to send troops to Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. Paul Revere knew he had to do something. He got on his horse and went on a midnight ride threw the colonies. He yelled “The British Regulars are coming!” During his whole ride and told people “One if by land, two if by sea!” Meaning that they should look at the lighthouse to see how many lanterns are lit up. On the way to Lexington to save Sam Adams and John Hancock he was stopped by British soldiers on horses. They asked him where he was going and he told them he was going to warn the people of the regulars that were coming. They thought that their army was too powerful and that it didn’t matter if the colonists knew that they were coming. So, they let him go. When he got to Lexington the Regulars weren’t there yet. He found John Hancock and Sam Adams and knocked on their door. Someone came down and asked what he was doing there. He told them to pack their bags and get out of Lexington. After that he rode on. He soon realized that he should go back and check on them so he doubled back and knocked on the door. They answered and hadn’t done anything. He stayed there until they left. They rode on and soon realised that they forgot their smoked fish from the night before. After they had returned