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==Patriotism==

==Patriotism==

He was a committed patriot, a member of the [[Sons of Liberty]] in Boston; he was among the group of fifty who donned Indian dress and raided several British merchant ships in an act of protest of taxation without representation in the [[Boston Tea Party]] of 1773.  On April 16, 1775, aware of pending troop movements, he rode to Concord, Massachusetts to warn residents there and urge them to move their stockpile of arms.  Two nights later in April 18, he observed a pre-arranged signal of lanterns hung in the bell tower of the Old North Church and knew that British regulars had been ferried across the Charles River to Cambridge.<ref>http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html</ref>

He was a committed patriot, a member of the [[Sons of Liberty]] in Boston; he was among the group of fifty who donned Indian dress and raided several British merchant ships in an act of protest of taxation without representation in the [[Boston Tea Party]] of 1773.  In 1774, Revere rode north to New Hampshire to warn them of British plans for [[Fort William and Mary]].  The fort was lightly guarded, and was subsequently raided for its military supplies.<ref>[https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/paul-revere-rode-new-hampshire/ When Paul Revere Rode to New Hampshire]</ref>

 

On April 16, 1775, aware of pending troop movements, he rode to Concord, Massachusetts to warn residents there and urge them to move their stockpile of arms.  Two nights later in April 18, he observed a pre-arranged signal of lanterns hung in the bell tower of the Old North Church and knew that British regulars had been ferried across the Charles River to Cambridge.<ref>http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html</ref>

The soldiers were on the move towards Concord and Lexington to seize the armory stores and arrest leading patriot leaders, among them [[John Hancock]] and [[Samuel Adams]].  After being rowed across the river himself, Revere borrowed a horse and set out on his famous "midnight ride" to sound the alarm.  He succeeded in reaching Lexington and the [[Hancock–Clarke House|home]] of [[Jonas Clarke]], where he warned Hancock and Adams of what was happening as well as verifying that the local Sons of Liberty in Lexington had seen the lantern signal from Boston.

The soldiers were on the move towards Concord and Lexington to seize the armory stores and arrest leading patriot leaders, among them [[John Hancock]] and [[Samuel Adams]].  After being rowed across the river himself, Revere borrowed a horse and set out on his famous "midnight ride" to sound the alarm.  He succeeded in reaching Lexington and the [[Hancock–Clarke House|home]] of [[Jonas Clarke]], where he warned Hancock and Adams of what was happening as well as verifying that the local Sons of Liberty in Lexington had seen the lantern signal from Boston.