More Than a Midnight Messenger  Who was Paul Revere?  Held no high offices  Wrote none of the great papers  Commanded no army  “Mercury of the American.

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More Than a Midnight Messenger  Who was Paul Revere?  Held no high offices  Wrote none of the great papers  Commanded no army  “Mercury of the American Revolution”  At the center of pivotal events  His actions mobilized the actions of others  Paul Revere video on Biography.com Paul Revere video on Biography.com

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French & Indian WarFrench & Indian War

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Sons of LibertySons of Liberty

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Sons of LibertySons of Liberty

 Samuel Adams  Patrick Henry  John Hancock  James Otis  Dr. Joseph Warren

Sons of LibertySons of Liberty

 Son of a merchant and a brewer  Tax collector  Founder of Sons of Liberty  Elected to Massachusetts Assembly  Signer of Declaration of Independence  Governor of Massachusetts

Patrick HenryPatrick Henry  Served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress  Protested British tyranny  Reputation as a passionate and fiery orator  "Give me liberty or give me death!"  Five-term governor of Virginia

 Elected to Boston Assembly, 1766  President of the 2 nd Continental Congress  Signer of Declaration of Independence  Elected Governor of Massachusetts

James OtisJames Otis  Passionate and effective protector of American rights during the 1760s  Served as advocate general to Vice Admiralty Court  Passed over for judgeship - fueled a desire for revenge  “A man’s house is his castle”

Dr Joseph WarrenDr Joseph Warren  Close friend to Samuel Adams  Wrote a number of essays during Stamp Act Congress  Member of St. Andrews Masonic Lodge in Boston  Killed in action early in American Revolution

Mystery BoxMystery Box

References  Paul Revere’s Ride  on-paul-revere.html on-paul-revere.html 