Analysis Of When The British Came: Paul Reve

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British Came: Paul Revere Through My Eyes
By: Shagun Doshi

May 22, 1810
After over 37 years of marriage, you can just imagine the memorable moments I have shared with Paul. From watching our 11 beautiful children grow up to be wonderful people to the activism work Paul used to do back in the day. The main reason for me to write this is not only because I am 65 years old and my mind seems to be losing me, but also to tell the untold tale of Mr. Paul Revere, a great husband and a true hero. I am writing this for my children, who have already heard this story a million times, and all the wonderful children that follow. Back when the days were spent watching little Paul Jr. and his father work endlessly at their silversmith shop
We had been continuously arguing about his involvement with the Boston Committee and I even contemplated leaving him. By the time I awoke on the morning of April 18th, Paul was long gone. I carried on with my usual activities while I imagined Paul somewhere out riding with Dr. Warren. When he didn’t show up for dinner, I was actually kind of relieved that I would not have to deal with another fight erupting. But at 11pm, I started to get worried and by the morning I was packing up our most important belongings to flee out of Boston. That morning I heard tales of 3 men riding through the night to warn of the British’s arrival, little did I know that Paul was one of them. Paul, along with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott started their journey to Lexington at 11 pm on April 18th 1775, upon instructions from Dr. Warren. Paul was instructed to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British ships. As he rode through Charlestown, making sure his warning system was in play. The previous weekend he had arranged for two lanterns to be hung from the bell tower of Christ Church in Boston as a warning that British were arriving by sea rather than land. With everything going as planned, at midnight Paul rode through Lexington, while going door to door warning the country-side. Eventually he ended up at the house Hancock and Adams were staying at. This is the part where
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This was a good source because it had more about the other things that Paul Revere accomplished in his life as well. It also had facts about other people that were a huge impact on the American Revolution so I got a better understanding of the revolution as a whole and then was able to connect that back to the things that Paul Revere did.

"A Daughter of the Revolution." Masshist.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Sept. 2013.

This source was also a really big help because the article was written more about Rachel Walker and her take on their marriage and his lifestyle. In many other documents Rachel isn’t even mentioned so this was a brief overview of how they met and how she felt about Paul activism and her concerns with fleeing Boston during the war. I understood Rachel Walker and got to get inside her mindset a little bit better and understand her concerns as a wife and new