PAUL REVERE BY NAJANEE TUBBS MS BRADYS 4

PAUL REVERE BY NAJANEE TUBBS MS. BRADY’S 4 TH GRADE CLASS 2014 -2015 OAKWOOD AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE • Paul Revere was a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for his ride and warning to the colonists that the British were coming. But Paul Revere never actually said, “The British are coming” he simply said, “The regulars are coming” His ride is how he became famous.

THE SON’S OF LIBERTY v In 1765, Paul Revere joined a group called the sons of liberty. It was a group for people who didn’t want to be ruled by England.

PAUL REVERE AND THE BOSTON MASSACRE v. Paul Revere made an engraving of A person who the Boston Massacre. He was known Massacre. makes things for being a silversmith and engraving. with silver He hung up prints of the engraving to engraving show Americans how cruel the British were.

PAUL REVERE AND THE BOSTON MASSACRE

PARTY ON PAUL ! v. Paul Revere was one of the 116 people who participated in the Boston tea party. That event was when the British taxed tea so the Americans took action and dumped over 300 pounds of tea in the river. Paul was very brave to do that knowing that he could get caught.

PARTY ON PAUL

PAUL’S MOTHER AND FATHER

PAUL’S KIDS

WHEN HE WAS YOUNG

WHERE HE GREW UP v. Paul Revere was born in December 1734 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a silversmith and Paul Revere wanted to grow up to be a silversmith too just like his dad was.

PAUL’S 1 S T WIFE

PAUL’S 2 N D WIFE

FUN FACTS ABOUT PAUL v. He didn't yell "the British are coming!" like some people say. He was trying to be quiet so he wouldn't get caught. v. He wasn't famous during his life. It wasn't until 1861, when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem "Paul Revere's Ride", that his ride and life became famous. v. He had at least 13 children with two wives.

PAUL

LATER LIFE v. Paul would serve in the American Army during the revolution. After the war he went back to his silversmith business expanding to other areas. He died on May 10, 1818 .

LINKS vhttp: //www. ducksters. com/histo ry/ v http: //www. socialstudiesforkids. com/ articles/ushistory/revolutionarywartime line. htm