Paul Revere Research Paper

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As a child, you might have heard about the man who rode though Boston to Lexington alerting everyone about the British soldiers coming. Paul Revere was one of the three men who were sent to Lexington to tell Samuel Adams and John Hancock about the Regulars (British soldiers) coming to arrest them for treason. Also that the Regulars planned to go to Concord to destroy the weapon supplies. Revere was born in the north end of Boston and continued to live in Boston until he passed away. He was a very honorable man throughout his lifetime.
The exact date of when Paul Revere is born is unknown, but he was born in the winter of 1734 most likely in December. The earliest record of his lie was on January 1, 1735 when he was baptized. His father was Apollos Rivoire who was a French Huguenot and a silversmith. Deborah Hichborn …show more content…
All the responsibilities that Revere’s father had were now passed on to him. The family’s main source of income was his job and he took over his father’s silversmith shop. In 1756 he volunteered to fight the French at Lake George as a second lieutenant of colonial artillery. After he was done briefly serving, he married a women named Sarah Orne in August 1757. She had eight children with Paul Revere. Sadly his wife died in the Spring of 1773. Not long after she died he fell in love with a neighbor, Rachel Walker. Also with his second wife he also had eight children with her. During the time of economic depression Revere learned other ways to make money if his silversmith job did not make enough money. He became a dentist, by cleaning people’s teeth and putting in artificial teeth. The teeth were made using hippopotamus tusks. Other jobs he acquired was printing business cards, illustrations for books and magazines, political cartoons, bookplates, a songbook, menus for taverns, etc. Even though he had little side jobs, the silversmith shop was his professional career for over forty

Paul Revere Research Paper

January 1, 1735, Paul Revere was born to Apollos Riviore and Deborah Hichborn in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Apollos Riviore, emigrated from France alone at the age of thirteen and soon after, he began his goldsmith business. His mother, Deborah Hichborn, was a native of Boston. Paul was the eldest of his seven other siblings. Nineteen years later, Revere’s father died and Paul was left town take care of his family by taking over his father’s business4. In 1753, Paul revere married Sarah…

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