Paul Revere Primary Source Analysis

What is first hand account?

• An event told from the Point of View of someone who was there and participated

• An event told from the point of view of someone who was not there and gathered their knowledge from other sources

Is this passage a first hand account or second hand account of Paul Reveres ride in April 1775?

• Firsthand

• Second hard

What statement best describes the relationship between this passage and the poem we read/heard yesterday?

• The passage is more dramatic and makes Paul Revere into a hero

• The poem is more dramatic and makes Paul Revere into a hero

• The two writings include all of the same events and details

• The poem and the passage have nothing in common with each other.

In the passage who sent Paul Revere on his midnight ride?

• George Washington

• John Hancock

• Samuel Adams

• Joseph Warren

What is a detail that was in the poem, but is missing from the passage?

• Paul Revere road from Boston to Lexington and Concord

• On his journey he saw British Officers who chased him

• His mission was to warm John Hancock and Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere was signaled to ride by lanterns in the the church

What was the purpose for his mission in the poem and in the passage? Choose the best answer.

• His purpose in both the poem and the passage Paul Revere’s purpose was to ride out and warn the colonists that the British were coming

• His purpose in both the poem and the passage was to ride out and warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams

• His purpose in the poem was to warn the colonists, but in the passage he wrote that it was to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams.

Where did Paul Revere’s midnight ride take place?

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Washington DC

Was Paul Revere successful on his mission according to the passage?

• Yes, he was successful and warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams.

• No, was not successful and was unable to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams