Paul Revere was a devoted patriot and eminent and legendary folk hero. He is famous for bravely rushing through the city streets on horseback warning the Lexington Minutemen and the citizens of Middlesex, that the “redcoats” or the British soldiers were coming. If it were not for Paul and his audacious and gallant actions, the British soldiers would have ambushed the citizens of Middlesex, his life would never be the same again, as well as history and life nowadays would be entirely different. Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735 in Boston Massachusetts. Paul was a child of immigrants as his father, Apollos Rivoire was a French artisan who came to America at age 13, and his mother, Deborah Hitchborn, was from New England. Paul …show more content…
She left behind eight children. Paul then married his second wife, Rachel Walker Revere, the following year on October 10, 1773. Their impressive marriage of 40 long years, ended in 1813 after Rachel died from an illness on June 26. They had eight children together bringing Paul’s number of offspring to a whopping, 16 kids. Besides the loyal colonialist, soldier, and artisan that we all know Paul Revere was, he also took on several more other types of occupations. Starting at age 19, Paul became an engraver, dentist, importer, industrialist, courier, commander, watchmaker, and became a professional goldsmith in the 1760s. He opened the country’s first copper-rolling mill and was the first person to print paper money, and during the war, supplied cannons and ammo for the Continental Army, and commanded at the Boston Harbor. Paul Revere was a very ardent loyalist and partook in several acts against the British. In 1773, Paul and 50 – 100 other men dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor as a symbol of colonial rebellion or a revolt regarding taxation. Paul Revere documented and created an engraving of the Boston Massacre, which occurred on March 5, 1770. At this time, a patriotic mob provoked a band of British Soldiers by throwing stones, snowballs, and sticks, which resulted in 11 – 20