2. 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

3. Six Degrees of Paul RevereSix Degrees of Paul Revere

5. French & Indian WarFrench & Indian War

6. Join or DieJoin or Die http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/cartoon/snake.jpg

7. Six Degrees of Paul RevereSix Degrees of Paul Revere

8. Sons of LibertySons of Liberty

9. CSI Boston Paul Revere Forensic Scientist?

10. Sons of LibertySons of Liberty

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

12. Sons of LibertySons of Liberty

13.  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

14. 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

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

16. 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”

17. 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

18. Mystery BoxMystery Box

19. References  Paul Revere’s Ride  http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts- on-paul-revere.html http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts- on-paul-revere.html  http://www.biography.com/articles/Paul-Revere- 9456172 http://www.biography.com/articles/Paul-Revere- 9456172