Even though many people believe Paul Revere had no significant impact on the course of America’s history, the fact of the matter is he had a dramatic impact especially in the American Revolution; Ultimately Paul Revere shaped a great portion of American history with his role in The Boston Massacre, the famous ride to Lexington and Concord, and other historical events. In 1758 Paul Revere was twenty-three years old. Before Paul Revere made an impact on America, he was a gold and silversmith. One of Revere’s earliest dated pieces of work is the prince standing cup dating back to 1735-1818. The cup was for Thomas Prince, who became a minister at the Old South church. When Prince died in 1758 funds were sent to the Old South Church to commission
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While Revere was waiting for them to bring him a horse another gentleman came to him to inform him that he had come down from Lexington and there he met ten British officers who were very well armed. Revere then took off on his horse around eleven o’clock; after he had passed Charleston Neck, he saw two men on horseback. He realized they were British soldiers and tried to ride away, they chased after him very quickly but Revere was very swift and got away. When he got to Medford Paul awakened the Captain of the minute men, and he informed everyone along the way until he got to Lexington that the British were coming. Mr. Dawnes came and then they both set off for Concord. They then got worried that they might be stopped by British soldiers before they would be able to get to Concord. Revere then had this thought that after night the soldiers would divide themselves into smaller groups where they would then stop any intelligence from getting to Concord, because of this they continued to inform anybody who lived along the road of their ride. Before they knew it Revere and the other riders were surrounded by four British soldiers, the doctor successfully got to Concord but as Revere tried to get passed the soldiers, but with no success the soldiers started interrogating him. The solders began asking questions and told Revere if he lied that they would blow his brains out. He then proceeded to tell them that the British troops were around the passing river and there would be about five hundred Americas waiting for them, he then continued to say that he had informed many Americans about the British soldiers all the way up to the point where he is
While Revere was waiting for them to bring him a horse another gentleman came to him to inform him that he had come down from Lexington and there he met ten British officers who were very well armed. Revere then took off on his horse around eleven o’clock; after he had passed Charleston Neck, he saw two men on horseback. He realized they were British soldiers and tried to ride away, they chased after him very quickly but Revere was very swift and got away. When he got to Medford Paul awakened the Captain of the minute men, and he informed everyone along the way until he got to Lexington that the British were coming. Mr. Dawnes came and then they both set off for Concord. They then got worried that they might be stopped by British soldiers before they would be able to get to Concord. Revere then had this thought that after night the soldiers would divide themselves into smaller groups where they would then stop any intelligence from getting to Concord, because of this they continued to inform anybody who lived along the road of their ride. Before they knew it Revere and the other riders were surrounded by four British soldiers, the doctor successfully got to Concord but as Revere tried to get passed the soldiers, but with no success the soldiers started interrogating him. The solders began asking questions and told Revere if he lied that they would blow his brains out. He then proceeded to tell them that the British troops were around the passing river and there would be about five hundred Americas waiting for them, he then continued to say that he had informed many Americans about the British soldiers all the way up to the point where he is