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Six Degrees of Paul Revere

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

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Six Degrees of Paul Revere

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  1. Six Degrees of Paul Revere People, Places and Events of the American Revolution

  2. 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 • Paul Revere video on Biography.com

  3. Six Degrees of Paul Revere

  4. Six Degrees of Paul Revere

  5. French & Indian War

  6. Join or Die http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/cartoon/snake.jpg

  7. Six Degrees of Paul Revere

  8. Sons of Liberty

  9. CSI BostonPaul Revere Forensic Scientist?

  10. Sons of Liberty

  11. Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams Patrick Henry John Hancock James Otis Dr. Joseph Warren

  12. Sons of Liberty A C B E F D

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Elected to Boston Assembly, 1766 • President of the 2nd Continental Congress • Signer of Declaration of Independence • Elected Governor of Massachusetts

  16. 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”

  17. 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

  18. Mystery Box

  19. 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

  20. Six Degrees of Paul Revere People, Places and Events of the American Revolution

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