Six Degrees of Paul Revere

People, Places and Events of the American

Revolution

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

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Six Degrees of Paul Revere

Six Degrees of Paul Revere

French & Indian War

Join or Die

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Six Degrees of Paul Revere

Sons of Liberty

CSI Boston

Paul Revere

Forensic Scientist?

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

Patrick Henry

John Hancock

James Otis

Dr. Joseph Warren

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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 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 2nd Continental Congress

Signer of Declaration of Independence

Elected Governor of Massachusetts

James 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 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 Box

References

Paul Revere’s Ride

http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts-on-paul-revere.html

http://www.biography.com/articles/Paul-Revere-9456172

Six Degrees of Paul Revere

People, Places and Events of the American

Revolution