midnight ride

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The midnight ride was Paul Revere’s famous 1775 horseback journey to warn colonial leaders and militias of approaching British forces at the start of the American Revolutionary War.

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
horseback journey ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paul Revere’s midnight ride ⓘ
associatedWith Massachusetts militia ⓘ
Sons of Liberty ⓘ
commemoratedBy Patriots’ Day observances in some U.S. states ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
endDate 1775-04-19 ⓘ
followedBy Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
hasCause British plan to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock ⓘ
British plan to seize colonial military supplies at Concord ⓘ
hasEffect early armed resistance to British troops ⓘ
mobilization of colonial militias ⓘ
hasPurpose to alert colonial militias ⓘ
to warn colonial leaders of approaching British forces ⓘ
hasTheme patriotic vigilance ⓘ
resistance to tyranny ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolution ⓘ
location Boston ⓘ
Concord ⓘ
Lexington ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
mainParticipant Paul Revere ⓘ
narrativeRole legendary warning ride ⓘ
symbol of American patriotism ⓘ
notableWorkAbout Paul Revere’s Ride ⓘ
Paul Revere’s Ride (poem) ⓘ
notableWorkAuthor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
opponent British Army ⓘ
British regulars ⓘ
participant Samuel Prescott ⓘ
William Dawes ⓘ
colonial militias ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy British march orders from Boston ⓘ
significantEvent warning to John Hancock ⓘ
warning to Samuel Adams ⓘ
startDate 1775-04-18 ⓘ
timeOfDay midnight ⓘ
night ⓘ
transportationMode horseback ⓘ
year 1775 ⓘ

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Paul Revere → notableFor → midnight ride ⓘ
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