Paul Revere
Paul Revere Paul Revere was born on Jan. 1, 1735 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Paul Revere (Apollos Rivoire) and Deborah Revere. Paul Revere’s only sibling was Deborah. As a boy, Paul Revere went to an “Infant School” until he was 7 or 8. Then he changed schools and went to “North Writing” (an all boy school). When he was 15 his father died and he had to take care of the family. He took over the family business as a gold and silversmith. For extra money he took the job of a bell ringer for the Christ Church. Paul Revere also went to help the French and Indians in the French and Indian war. That November, Paul Revere went back to Massachusetts and married Sarah Orne. When Sarah died, Paul married Rachel Walker. All together Paul Revere had 12 children. Their names are Mary, Frances, Elizabeth, Isannah, Joshua, John, Joseph, Lucy, Harriet, John, Maria, and John. Paul Revere had to find more jobs to make enough money to support the family. His jobs were a gold and silversmith, he engraved portraits, produced bookplates, sold pictures, made picture frames, brought out hymnbooks, he became a dentist, and he made false teeth out of hippopotamus. He was so busy that sometimes he even forgot what he was doing. His involvements in the Revolutionary War were that he became a leader of “The Sons of Liberty”, printed a picture about the Boston Massacre, and his ride to that “The British are coming”. On December 16, 1773 he dressed up like an Indian and went and dumped 10,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. In the 1770s he printed a picture of British soldiers shooting the innocent people in Boston Harbor, and it got published and sent to the other 12 colonies. He also road to Cambridge, Watertown, Worcester, and to Hartford at midnight to warn the people that the British were coming. Some of his major contributions to America were his midnight ride, the Boston Tea Party, and the picture of the Boston Massacre. He also helped in