1. By: Danielle Ruff 3 rd Grade Cartersville Elementary School

2.  Life Before War  Paul Revere was born in 1734.  He became a silversmith (person who made things out of silver and gold) like his father (Apollos Rivoire).  Paul lived in Boston Massachusetts.

3.   Paul Revere learned this trade from his father.  Silversmiths created items out of gold or silver.  Paul learned that this job required skill and diligence  Diligence means to work hard for a long time no matter what problem may come. Silversmith

4.   Paul Revere belonged to a group called the Sons of Liberty.  These men believed that America should be free of British rule.  This was the group that performed the Boston Tea Party. Sons of Liberty

5.   The American Revolution began in 1775.  The British has the best Navy in the world and a large Army with plenty of supplies.  The colonists had a small militia with no uniforms and few weapons.  When the colonists needed to get ready for battle someone had to ride from house to house on a horse to let everyone know where to meet. The War Begins

6.   Towards the beginning of the war, Paul Revere took a job as a mail carrier so that he could deliver important information and news to the colony leaders.  The Patriots and British were preparing to fight in Concord and Lexington. In the Beginning

7.   In April of 1775, the British found out where the colonists were keeping their weapons hidden.  Paul Revere rode to tell everyone to move their weapons to a new location.  He also told the colonists he would warn them when the British were coming.  He would place lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church steeple.  One lantern if by land, and two if by sea. The British Are Coming!

8.  Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride  On April 18, 1775 British soldiers started to march from Boston to Concord.  Their goal was to take the colonists weapons and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

9.  Midnight Ride  Paul Revere and two other men got on their horses and rode off to warn Adams and Hancock.  It was very dark and the roads were not smooth.  Revere had to avoid the British soldiers so that he would not be arrested.

10.   The entire ride Paul Revere was warning the colonists that, “The British are coming! The British are coming!”  He was a very courageous man.  At the end of the American Revolution a new nation was born. It would be called the United States of America. Paul Revere was…