Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Who did King George III instruct to take action in Boston?

• Sir Thomas Gage

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

In which city is the Old North Church located?

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Boston

• Washington D.C.

What was the main message conveyed by the lantern signal?

• The British are coming

• The war is over

• The king is dead

• The harvest is ready.

Which location did Revere, Dawes, and Prescott reach before the British left Lechmere Point?

• Concord

• Lexington

• Cambridge

• Boston

Who rode to warn the colonists along with Paul Revere?

• John Adams

• William Dawes

• Thomas Paine

• Alexander Hamilton

Write one word in each blank to complete the sentence correctly.

In the first battles of the American Revolution, British soldiers were confronted by 70 minutemen at __________ before moving on to search for weapons at __________, where they encountered minutemen again.

Answer explanation

Lexington, then Concord