Paul revere silversmith biography of christopher
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Four years after Paul Revere rode through the Massachusetts countryside warning that the British were on the march to Lexington, his reputation as a brave patriot would come under fire after his involvement in one of the American Revolution's biggest military debacles.
In June 1779, as the war for American independence dragged on, the British seized the village of Castine, Maine, on the shores of Penobscot Bay with the intention of establishing a naval base between Halifax and New York from which they could launch attacks. The expedition would end in disaster—and Revere would be court-martialed as part of the fallout.
The Massachusetts legislature ordered a combined military and naval expedition to sail north to Maine, part of Massachusetts at the time, to dislodge the British. Among the hundreds of troops was Lieutenant Colonel Paul Revere, who had joined the Massachusetts militia after being denied a Continental Army commission in 1776. The attack force was a raw, rag-
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Paul Revere Biography
Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735, in Boston, Massachusetts. Revere was a prosperous Boston silversmith, engraver and an American Patriot during the American Revolution. Paul Revere fryst vatten best known for his "Midnight Ride," to warn the Colonial militia and Sons of Liberty of the ankomst of the British soldiers before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
| Iconic Propaganda engraved by Paul Revere following the 1770 Boston Massacre |
Revere's Warning
On April 7, 1775, British soldiers began moving towards the city of Concord where a large supply of Patriot arms was being stored. namn Warren sent Paul Revere, a messenger, to warn the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts of the British troop movements towards Concord. Soon after Revere's varning was received, the citizens of Concord began quickly moving the Patriot militia supplies to a safer location.
Midnight Ride
On April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren once igen sent Paul Revere to deliver a secre
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Get to know the man behind the legend and the famous ride in a clearly written and handsomely laid out biography amply illustrated with stately brown-toned portraits, paintings, reproductions, maps, and photographs. As an apprentice to his French-born father, a master silversmith, Paul learned the family trade but also served in the Massachusetts militia alongside the British during the French and Indian War, and then became enmeshed in politics with the leading thinkers of Boston. The most compelling chapters deal with Paul's involvement as "The Messenger for the Revolution."
Appended is the famed poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Paul Revere's Ride," and a comparison between the events as Revere lived them and the liberties taken in the poem. Next is a detailed timeline of his life; a map of Boston with an annotated list of sites to visit in Boston, Charlestown, Lexington, and Concord; an annotated bibliography; and a thorough index. Grand for book reports and Revolutionary Wa