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  Paul Revere - MSN Encarta
Paul Revere (1735-1818), American silversmith, engraver, and patriot, whose famous midnight ride to warn colonists about the approaching British army made him a folk hero.
The son of a silversmith, Revere was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1735.
Revere’s work brought him into close contact with such patriots as John Hancock and Samuel Adams, and he used his talents as a craftsman to support the colonial struggle against Britain.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553853/Paul_Revere.html   (445 words)

  
  Paul Revere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Revere later served as an officer in one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, a role for which he was later exonerated.
Paul Revere was born on 1 January 1735.
Revere was the oldest surviving son of Apollos Rivoire, a Huguenot refugee from Guyenne who had anglicized his name to Paul Revere.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Revere   (1811 words)

  
 Paul Revere House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Paul Revere House (1680) is the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution.
As the Revere House was set quite close to neighbors, its double casement windows were installed in the rear elevation rather than the more common placement in a gable.
Paul Revere owned this house from 1770-1800, although he and his family may lived elsewhere for periods in the 1780s and 1790s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Revere_House   (520 words)

  
 Seacoast NH History - Revolution Era - Paul Revere's Other Ride
Paul Revere and his watchful "mechanics" were well known to the British who kept an eye, in turn, on them as they patrolled Boston streets alert to signs of English military movements.
Revere's 40 mile ride up the North Shore, across the Merrimack River to Hampton Falls and to Portsmouth was made more difficult by a biting west wind.
Paul Revere was safely back in Boston before the HMS Canceaux arrived at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.
www.seacoastnh.com /history/rev/revere.html   (840 words)

  
 Paul Revere
Revere was involved with secret patriot organizations such as the Committees of Correspondence, the Massachusetts Committee for Safety, and the Sons of Liberty.
Paul Revere went on to serve as lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts Train of Artillery and as commander of Castle Island in Boston Harbor.
Paul Revere died of natural causes on May 10, 1818 at the age of 83 and was buried in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground.
www.antiquesjournal.com /Pages04/archives/paulrevere.html   (1270 words)

  
 Paul Revere In Canton, Mass.
The investigation acquainted Revere with a government-owned gunpowder mill on the Neponset River in Canton.
Paul Revere had to spend time in court battling over his rights to manipulate water power supplied by the Neponset, but the matter was eventually resolved.
Paul Revere also established a second home in the frame house on his factory site (it was located along modern day Revere Street near the town's police station, according to Mr.
www.canton.org /history/revere1.htm   (1406 words)

  
 The American Revolution (Paul Revere)
Paul Revere, the 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.
Born in Boston's North End in December, 1734, Paul Revere was the son of Apollos Rivoire, a French Huguenot (Protestant) immigrant, and Deborah Hitchbourn, daughter of a local artisan family.
Paul Revere was the second of at least 9, possibly as many as 12 children and the eldest surviving son.
theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/prevere.asp   (1318 words)

  
 Paul Revere and the Raiders
Revere's band had caught Lindsay's ear and it was while they were playing at a local dance at the Elks Hall and walked on stage and asked to sing a song with them.
Revere then went around to radio stations in Idaho plugging the song as well as it's follow-up, "Paul Revere's Ride," but it was the group's third single "Like Long Hair," an instrumental which crossed the serious classical style of Rachmaninoff with Jerry Lee Lewis, that caught on nationally.
Revere was unable to follow up the records success since, by the time the it peaked in the charts, he had been drafted.
www.history-of-rock.com /paul_revere_and_the_raiders.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Presentation on Paul Revere
Longfellow's poem made Revere "a famous patriot"; however, he was also a man of varied talents, mason, artisan, businessman and family man. The purpose of this paper is to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere's term as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
Paul Revere was born in Boston, Massachusetts in late December 1734 and was the second of twelve children born to Apollos Rivoire, a French Huguenot immigrant who came to Massachusetts in 1715 and apprenticed with a Boston goldsmith, and Deborah Hitchborn a native Bostonian descended from New England seafarers and artisans.
Revere obviously had a sincere interest in the rules and regulations which were designed to keep the fraternity running smoothly, as he often served on committees to revise masonic rules and bylaws.
www.aw22.com /Revere.htm   (3774 words)

  
 BookRags: Paul Revere Biography
Paul Revere (1735-1818), American patriot, silversmith, and engraver, is remembered for his ride before the Revolutionary War to warn American patriots of a planned British attack.
Paul Revere was born on Jan. 1, 1735, in Boston, Mass., the son of Apollos De Revoire, a French Huguenot who had come to Boston at the age of 13 to apprentice in the shop of a silversmith.
Revere was captured that night by the British, but he persuaded his captors that the whole countryside was aroused to fight, and they freed him.
www.bookrags.com /biography/paul-revere   (878 words)

  
 Paul Revere and his son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Apollos de Rivoire had passed his knowledge as a silversmith, onto his son Paul Revere and after the French Indian war was over, Paul used his skill as a copper engraver to make cartoons and other political propaganda protesting England's proclamation.
Paul had not doubt that his father was at that very tavern right now, because that is where the Sons of Liberty met late at night.
As a result of the ride made by Paul Revere, the Minutemen, made up of farmers and tradesman of the colonies militia, got together and raised their arms to protect themselves against the British.
www.uslegacies.org /War/Stories/revere.shtml   (2557 words)

  
 Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Paul Revere, a trusted messenger, also stayed in the city, tended his business interests and as unobtrusively as possible, kept an eye on the soldiers stationed in the city.
Revere’s warning was taken to heart and the townspeople began to hide arms and valuables in barns, wells, and the neighboring swamps.
Paul Revere's Account of His Midnight Ride to Lexington I, PAUL REVERE, of Boston, in the colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England; of lawful age, do testify and say; that I was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren, of said Boston, on the evening...
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1261.html   (1015 words)

  
 Paul Revere   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Paul Revere was born in December of 1734 in Boston.
Paul Revere was the father of 16 children.
Paul Revere made the famous midnight ride and was the only rider to be arrested by the British.
www.albany.edu /~cc8735/revere.html   (74 words)

  
 IMA Hero: Reading Program Paul Revere
Paul Revere was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1735.
Paul was the oldest son, and it was his responsibility to take care of his mother and siblings.
Paul rode to New York and Philadelphia after the Boston Tea Party in December, 1773, and after the Boston Harbor was closed in 1774.
www.imahero.com /readingprogram/patriotrevere.html   (1891 words)

  
 Paul Revere
Revere was the messenger that was usually employed on difficult business by the committee of safety, of which Joseph Warren was president.
He was exchanged in April, 1862, and served with his regiment through the peninsular campaign and General John Pope's campaign on the Rappahannock, was present at Chantilly, and was killed at the battle of Antietam.
On his recovery he was appointed colonel of his old regiment, 14 April, 1863, and returned to the field in May. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for bravery at Gettysburg, where he received a fatal wound in the second day's battle.
www.famousamericans.net /paulrevere   (1426 words)

  
 The Home of Paul Revere
Paul Revere owned the home from 1770 to 1800, although he and his family may not have lived there continuously throughout the thirty-year span.
Revere sold the home in 1800 and it became a tenement, and the ground floor was remodeled for use as shops.
The Paul Revere Memorial Association was formed to preserve and renovate the building.
paul-revere-house.visit-boston-massachusetts.com   (421 words)

  
 Paul Revere
Revere was the messenger that was usually employed on difficult business by the committee of safety, of which Joseph Warren was president.
He was exchanged in April, 1862, and served with his regiment through the peninsular campaign and General John Pope's campaign on the Rappahannock, was present at Chantilly, and was killed at the battle of Antietam.
On his recovery he was appointed colonel of his old regiment, 14 April, 1863, and returned to the field in May. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for bravery at Gettysburg, where he received a fatal wound in the second day's battle.
famousamericans.net /paulrevere   (1427 words)

  
 PAULREVERE
Revere also rode as a courier for the Massachusetts committee of correspondence and printed money for the provincial congress.
Revere rode to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn the colonists that the British were marching to confiscate munitions stored at Concord.
During the war, Revere founded a powder mill in Canton and was a militia officer, although both the expeditions in which he participated were unsuccessful.
www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/ReverePaul.html   (180 words)

  
 American Revolution - The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
In Paul Revere's midnight ride to Lexington to announce the coming of British Regulars, he warned two patriot leaders, the gray-haired Sam Adams and John Hancock who were staying at the home of Parson Jonas Clarke.
Revere was interrogated and subsequently released, after which he returned to Lexington to warn Hancock and Adams of the proximity of British forces.
Paul Revere had served as a courier prior to his famous "midnight ride," and continued to do so during the early years of the war.
www.americanrevolution.com /MidnightRideofPaulRevere.htm   (988 words)

  
 Paul Revere and William Dawes
Paul Revere, a Boston silversmith, had heard that the British were to land in Boston that night.
Revere became involved with the Sons of Liberty early in the Political turmoil of before the Revolution.
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode together, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Warren, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock about the approaching British.
www.mountalverniahs.org /Mahs/Hist-Lit10/Lexington/PaulRevere.htm   (387 words)

  
 Innovations: Paul Revere - Copper Industry Pioneer
Paul Revere aided the patriotic cause with a series of political cartoons printed from engraved copper plates.
One famous engraving by Paul Revere was an illustration of the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere's copper industry helped to bring about the free enterprise system in American, and his inventive genius helped paved the way for our economic freedom.
www.copper.org /innovations/1998/03/revere.html   (1052 words)

  
 The Historic Paul Revere
Paul continues to ride as a messenger for the highly secret Committees of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty.
Revere opens the first copper rolling mill in North America in 1801 and provides copper sheeting for the hull of the U.S.S. Constitution and the dome of the new Massachusetts State House in 1803.
Revere dies on May 10, 1818 at the age of 83, leaving five children, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
www.cvesd.k12.ca.us /finney/paulvm/h2_hist.html   (736 words)

  
 American Revolution: Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a man of many talents who stood up for what he believed in and worked hard to establish this country.
Paul Revere was born in Boston in 1734.
Paul Revere's father died when Paul was nineteen years of age.
library.thinkquest.org /TQ0312848/prevere.htm   (329 words)

  
 Copley: Paul Revere
Paul Revere was deeply political - and 100 percent Whig.
There he could be an artist and a gentleman - while silversmith Paul Revere was happy to be a craftsman.
Revere is honoring this act of defiance, sporting a symbol of his country's freedom.
www.artchive.com /artchive/C/copley/revere.jpg.html   (400 words)

  
 Paul Revere of Paul Revere and The Raiders
Paul Revere of Paul Revere and The Raiders
Paul has a knack on finding the finest talent and personalities to keep his group a top entertaining act year after year.
The group consists of founder Paul Revere, Omar Martinez (group's drummer and vocalist of 32 years), Doug Heath (group's lead guitarist of 30 years), Ron Foos (group's bassist of 27 years), Daniel Krause (group's keyboardist and vocalist of 23 years).
www.paulrevereraiders.com /paul.html   (368 words)

  
 Paul Revere
Revere became a legendary hero at the start of the American Revolution, when he rode from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., on the night of Apr. 18, 1775, to warn the countryside of approaching British troops.
Revere is remembered as much as a craftsman as he is as a patriot.
Paul Revere's outstanding characteristic was the versatility of his craftsmanship; his reputation as an artist in the working of silver is hardly less great or enduring than his fame as a patriot.
www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/REVERE.HTM   (1271 words)

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