1. PAUL REVERE the MIDNIGHT RIDER
Portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley, c
PAUL REVERE the MIDNIGHT RIDER
by JOSHUA

2. PAUL REVERE the CHILD Parents Early Years
Apollos Rivoire (changed to Paul Revere), French Huguenot, father
Deborah Hichborn, Boston Socialite, mother
Owned a silversmith business
Early Years
Born late December, 1734
North End, Boston
Rang the bells at Old North Church for money
Apprenticed as a silversmith under his father

3. PAUL REVERE the YOUNG MAN
Worked as dentist, silversmith and copper plate engraver
Fought against the French in NEW YORK as a lieutenant
Married Sarah Orne and had 8 children
Sarah dies during childbirth, Paul then marries Rachel Walker
Paul and Rachel have 8 more children

4. PAUL REVERE the PATRIOT
As a patriot, those against King George III, Paul Revere joins many patriotic groups
Committees of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty
Freemason
He becomes friends with many “political agitators”

5. PAUL REVERE and the BOSTON MASSACRE
Paul engraves “political propaganda” of the Boston Massacre in 1770
March 5, 1770
British fires on crowd of colonists
5 colonists die
His work helped to cause the American Revolution
Boston Massacre Engraving by Paul Revere, 1770

6. PAUL REVERE and the BOSTON TEA PARTY
1846 lithograph of Boston Tea Party
Paul was a “Mohawk Indian” in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773
As a messenger, he rides throughout Boston and to New York with news of tea party
He never admits he was there
This event also helped to cause the American Revolution

7. PAUL REVERE the MIDNIGHT RIDER
“The British are coming! The British are coming!”
On April 18th and 19th in 1775, Paul Revere makes the famous ride to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British are coming to arrest them
He and others warn the colonists of the attack by the British

8. PAUL REVERE the MIDNIGHT RIDER
Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, "If the British march by land or sea from the town tonight,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch of the North Church tower as a signal light,
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
Taken from the poem Paul Revere’s Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, April 19, 1860.

9. WANTED WANTED FOR: KNOWN FOR: BEING A PATRIOT
DRESSING UP LIKE AN INDIAN
RIDING A HORSE AFTER HOURS
HELPING TO START THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
KNOWN FOR:
BEING A SILVERSMITH
A GOOD ARTIST
BEING A DENTIST
PAUL REVERE, THE MIDNIGHT RIDER
BORN: December 1734

10. PAUL REVERE the ELDER
After the war, Paul opens a metal factory, a copper rolling mill and a hardware store.
Paul retires in 1811 at the age of 76 and leaves the businesses to his sons.
Paul dies on May 10, 1818 at the age of 83.
He is buried at the Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston
Paul Revere memorial in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts

11. References
“The Historic Paul Revere,”
“Temple’s Diary, A Tale of Benjamin Franklin’s Family,”
“Paul Revere,” Wikipeadia,
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Paul Revere’s Ride, April 19, 1860.
“The Patriot Resources: History-American Revolutionary Era ( ),”
“Paul Revere,”