Paul Revere Research Paper

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Paul Revere was born in the winter of 1734 in Boston Massachusetts(“Revere, Paul”). When Paul Revere was 15 him and his friends started a bell ring club. Paul and his friends would ring door bells every time a boat came to the harbor. Then in 1754 his father past away (Sutcliffe). Paul took over his dad's silversmith shop. Next in the summer of 1757 Paul got married to Sarah Orne and had kids (Sutcliffe). Paul still worked at the silversmith shop to support his family. Paul was very talented at copying London styles. He also made extra money by being a dentist (Sutcliffe).
Paul found it unfair that England was taxing almost everything. Paul and his friends wanted to do to fight the unfair taxes (Sutcliffe). They started a group called The

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