Summary: Fischer starts with the origins of Paul Revere’s father originating in France. He explains how Boston looked in the time while Revere grew up. Then he led on to who Paul was in the community and what parts he played in important American decisions. Next Fischer introduced a different character, General Thomas Gage. The chapters involving Gage described how he grew up, his army experience, and how the King had favor for him. Then the book joins comparing the two important men, Revere and Gage, because they were enemies. After that the book describes the war that broke out and how important everyone who played a part was.
Purpose: The book gave a new perspective on the lives of British soldiers. It stated that the soldiers that
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The points the author made, he made well, in a way that you could clearly understand what he was saying, that is for the majority of the time. He was very organized in writing and in research. There are about 150 pages dedicated to references and such. Though the author made a wide variety of his points clearly there were several points that were harder to figure out what he was saying. Pages thirty through forty five speaks of the problem General Thomas Gage had with Americans, in reality the thesis of the chapter is, Gage’s plans to govern the new world with the King on his side and the resistant self-governed American colonists were making it difficult because of their customs. He also jumped from Gage to Revere enough it is hard to understand at times. The story would often go from a scene of drama to a sort of draggy part that would not make sense. For example, between the time General Gage sent his armies out to Lexington until the battle of Lexington, it seemed liked weeks and months had passed it was really only a few days. Recommendation: Paul Revere’s Ride, was an excellent read to place a book like this is on a scale is not an easy task but giving it a lot of thought, on a scale of one through five I would give this book a Four. This number is both applied to the ability to keep interest of the reader and on the book’s information overall. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the truths of our forefathers. I will be honest there are some setbacks, like how it seems to drag on sometimes, yet it still managed to kept me interested. The book and the author both have my
Not only does the book highlight the positive reflection on the events of the American Revolution, but gives an overall unbiased insight of the happenings on through Martin eyes. Martin has been successful in portraying the truthful picture of the American Revolutionary War that includes the flawless character and moral perfection coupled with the problems and burdens that befell the army, and how they took it In the initial events of the book, Martin enters the war as a young boy who is anxious to protect his country and experiences noteworthy adventures along the way of his dream. He fights against the
Do you know who Paul Revere is?“Listen my children,and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. ”Paul Revere was involved in the Revolutionary War in 1775 and wanted to be free from the British. The Paul Revere’s Ride Poem was very inaccurate and the historical one was acute. According to Paul Revere Ride Poem there are three different characters.
The war that was going on caused the Meeker Family and many more to fall apart. Viewpoints of different generations vary from one another, caused the kids to rebel even more. Patriots, the Continental army, thought fighting would be easy as long as they have the spirit. Sure, they had courage, but they thought so little of the redcoats, the most efficient army at the time. Collier and Collier shows they are against war with the opinions of the characters.
Paul revere himself made an engraving showing an innocent crowd being fired upon from British soldiers killing people in the tens but in reality, only five people died in the exchange which is where the colonist harassed the red coats until they opened fire on the crowd killing the five colonists. The patriots started calling the king a tyrant and calling his acts a thing of tyranny which means an act of a cruel government because of this belief a lot of battles broke out over the war one famous one with an equally famous quote was the battle of bunker though it was actually fought on a few breed hills at this battle the British attack a squadron of men in this battle the British won but with heavy casualty's which boosted the morale of the continental army and that famous quote was "don’t fire until you see the white of their eyes" Shortly after the battle of bunker hill a leader was chosen this leaders name was George Washington he actually fought in the French and Indian war so he already knew about war first hand he wasn't a strategist but he was inspiring keeping the continental army fighting and together even during hard
In the text, Philbrick's selection of primary sources serve to develop his thesis into multiple authentic and surreal accounts of differing perspectives between loyalists and patriots. In his focus on primary sources, Philbrick knits together firsthand accounts from various Bostonian residents such as John Adams and John Andrews with events leading up to the war. For the most part, reading each journal and firsthand documentary is refreshing, but there are various points when Philbrick's reliance upon certain accounts prove to be unnecessary and exhaustive. He references to countless sources, and while most were significant, many appeared to have miniscule relevance to the main takeaway. For instances, Philbrick purposed John Andrew's narrative to aid readers in understanding the context of everything taking place in Boston during the 1700's, but most of the information referring to Andrew's personal accounts and the British's evacuation appears
As everyone talks about Revere by himself, the many others involved in this ride are usually uncredited. The one’s who credit these people most would be the casual historian, but to the average person, these two names wouldn’t ring a
He starts the book at the beginning of the war and works toward the close of the Revolution. This layout allows for Royster’s main themes to develop as the war is reaching its peak points. As the book develops these key themes begin to intertwine and their significance becomes clear. The reader begins to understand how the American ideals are tied to their relationship with the Continental Army. One of Royster’s key arguments is that the revolutionaries’ loyalty to the war was based on the national character.
“Paul Revere was a successful silversmith” stated the Story “Paul Revere and the American Revolution” by Ethel Ames also that same poem has put how he rode away from the British to warn the Americans that the British were coming. On the other hand, The poem “Paul Revere's ride” by Henry Longfellow was about how he warned the Americans about the British with a lantern by himself. A different poem called “How accurate was Longfellow's poem” by Franklin Johnson. states how Henry Longfellow the person who wrote “Paul Revere's ride” was not accurate. Now, Longfellow had one person, Paul Revere, when there were actually three people. Samuel Prescott and William Dawes were the two other people that were there to help him with his ride.
In the book,My Brother Sam is Dead, there are two main people with opposite views on the revolutionary war. Tim, Sams brother, and their father Life. Sam has decided to fight for the American army, but his tory father disapproves. Life has had experience with war and has an idea of what will happen. In his mind the outlook is a dead son, a huge debt, and a lot of tears.
Paul Revere, the amazingly brave American hero who saved the country, say the storytellers and poets. While he really was just an average messenger who was captured by the British. In the poem Paul Revere’s ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Longfellow does an extraordinary job at creating suspense throughout the poem. He does this by often using metaphors, similes, and detailed descriptions including rhymes. Longfellow wrote “A phantom ship with a mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar,” which are examples of rhyme, metaphor, and a simile.
Halfway there, they were surrounded by British Officers, but eventually got away. Revere got into Lexington, but lost his horse. He found Hancock and Adams in Mr. Clarks house. The letter give a lot more detail about what happened after the team was surrounded by officers. He explains how he fought of the officers, which is different then the poem.
Finally there were many differences of the facts that were presented in the two texts. Paul Revere and dawes were riding and warned new england. They didn’t visit small towns more than once for ex:dedham, needham and framingham, Newtown, watertown. This takes place throughout day and night. The other riders were captured by the British.
I would recommend this book to someone who is into history and Abraham Lincoln. Growing up I used to think Abraham Lincoln was cool and inspiring. This book has helped me realize who Lincoln was. This book is really good at going into details from every aspect of Lincoln 's life. This book starts from the very beginning to the the very end of Lincoln.
Student’s name Professor’s name Course Date Book Review Synopsis of the Content The Texas Revolutionary Experience by Paul D. Lack is a book aimed at honoring the legends of the Texas Revolution. More focus and insight is given on the reasons that led to the conflict witnessed in 1835-1836 and an analysis of how the real events transpired.
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