William Dawes’s warning ride

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William Dawes’s warning ride was a midnight mission on April 18, 1775, in which Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington to alert colonial leaders and militias of approaching British troops at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.

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Generate an image of William Dawes’s warning ride (William Dawes’s warning ride was a midnight mission on April 18, 1775, in which Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington to alert colonial leaders and militias of approaching British troops at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
midnight ride ⓘ
alsoKnownAs William Dawes’s midnight ride ⓘ
concurrentWith Paul Revere’s midnight ride ⓘ
Samuel Prescott’s warning ride ⓘ
country Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
describedAs a mission to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams in Lexington ⓘ
followedBy Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
wider outbreak of armed conflict in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
follows British decision to send troops to Concord ⓘ
genre military warning mission ⓘ
hasCause British movement out of Boston on April 18, 1775 ⓘ
British plan to march to Concord to seize colonial military supplies ⓘ
hasEffect colonial militias were alerted to British troop movements ⓘ
contributed to colonial preparedness at Lexington and Concord ⓘ
helped mobilize local Minutemen and militia companies ⓘ
hasLocation Boston ⓘ
Lexington ⓘ
hasPart William Dawes’s ride from Boston to Lexington ⓘ
hasParticipant William Dawes ⓘ
hasPurpose to alert colonial militias of an impending British march ⓘ
to warn colonial leaders of approaching British troops ⓘ
hasTopic American Revolution ⓘ
Patriot intelligence operations ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
opposedBy British Army ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Patriots’ intelligence and alarm system ⓘ
pointInTime April 18, 1775 ⓘ
night of April 18–19, 1775 ⓘ
routeEnd Lexington ⓘ
routeStart Boston ⓘ
significance helped initiate the armed phase of the American Revolution ⓘ
part of the broader colonial alarm network on April 18–19, 1775 ⓘ
supportedBy Patriot sympathizers along the route ⓘ
temporalRelation occurred just before the Battle of Lexington ⓘ
uses horseback travel ⓘ

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Hancock-Clarke House → significantEvent → William Dawes’s warning ride ⓘ
Sarah Orne → spouseNotableFor → American Revolutionary War midnight ride ⓘ
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William Dawes’s warning ride → hasPart → William Dawes’s ride from Boston to Lexington ⓘ
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William Dawes’s warning ride → alsoKnownAs → William Dawes’s midnight ride ⓘ
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William Dawes → participantIn → midnight rides of April 18–19, 1775 ⓘ
linked to: William Dawes’s warning ride