Summary Of Paul Revere's Ride

In the book Paul Revere’s Ride written by David Hackett Fischer, we learn about a legendary event that made a big impact in American history. At the age of 19 Revere was in charged of a family shop that his father had left behind before his death. Revere was engaged with his community serving in many positions such as clerk market, health officer of boston and he later became a member of the inner circle along with James Otis, Benjamin Edes, John Hancock and Sam Adams. Later on Revere is seens as a leading communicator who is sent around to let people know about massacres that will be occurring. He plays a big impacts since he is involved in the battles against the British. Rever is most famous for his ride which occurred in April 18, 1775 in which he rode to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the approaching British. I believe that this book more than anything was written to inform, us the people about who Paul Revere was and what he did. I believe that this book did a good job of informing us about Paul Revere a historical person who made a big impact in history. He is recognized by people for his famous ride because in that
At the beginning of the book, and with Revere being 19, I never imagined that he would turn out being such an important person. The part of the book in which I was very surprised in was when the British surprisingly attacked. The British were invading the town and would kill everyone who crossed their path and the soldiers were burning people’s homes. This part of the book was very heartbreaking because I can only imagine all the dead bodies in the floor and all the houses being burned down and people not knowing where to go or what to do. This part of the book really got me thinking of how many times we the people fight or show aggressive when we have an issue instead of verbally trying to solve the