Listen, My Children, And You Shall Hear. . . Quiz

Answer: Thomas Gage

General Thomas Gage was governor of Massachusetts when the American Revolution began in 1775. General Gage ordered eight-hundred British troops to travel to Concord and take possession of any arms that the towns had.

Answer: Samuel Adams and John Hancock

Paul Revere was sent to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of their arrest if captured by the British. The two men took their families and went into hiding after being warned.

Answer: Doctor

Paul Revere worked for the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. He delivered messages to such places as New York and Philadelphia. On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was paid by Dr. Joseph Warren to deliver a message to Lexington that the British were coming.

Answer: Samuel Prescott

William Dawes was a tanner that lived in Boston and Samuel Prescott was a physician. All three men took different routes to get to Lexington so if one of them was caught, there was at least two more that could warn the other towns.

Answer: No

Paul borrowed a horse from Deacon Larkin so he could ride to warn the townspeople. Riding through the towns that night on his horse, Paul Revere actually shouted, "The Regulators are out!".

Answer: In a bell tower

Paul Revere had planned for a friend named Robert Newman to hang one signal light in the bell tower at Christ Church in Boston if the British were coming on land and two signal lights if the British were coming by sea.

Answer: Sea

Paul Revere saw two signal lights that night in April. Paul crossed the Charles River and then rode to Lexington to warn the two men that the British wanted to capture.

Answer: Yes

Once Paul arrived and told the men about the British coming to arrest them, he was told that neither of his friends had arrived yet. Thirty minutes later, William Dawes arrived and they set off together to warn the other towns.

Answer: Lincoln, Massachusetts

Paul Revere and his friends were taken into custody in Lincoln, Massachusetts, but Paul Revere was the only one that didn't escape British custody. His horse was taken from him and he was made to walk back to Lexington.

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" in 1860. With Longfellow's account being so bold, many people thought that Paul Revere's role in the American Revolution was exaggerated.