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Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, the Glossary

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride was an alert given to minutemen in the Province of Massachusetts Bay by local Patriots on the night of April 18, 1775, warning them of the approach of British Army troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord.^[1]

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Alert state

An alert state or state of alert is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a state against natural disasters, terrorism or military attack.

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American Indian Wars

The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, United States of America, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America.

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Arlington, Massachusetts

Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Artistic license

Artistic license (alongside more contextually-specific derivative terms such as poetic license, historical license, dramatic license, and narrative license) refers to deviation from fact or form for artistic purposes.

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Augustus Phillips

Augustus Phillips (August 1, 1874 – September 29, 1944) was an American actor.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory and outpouring of militia support for the anti-British cause. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and Battles of Lexington and Concord are 1775 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay and 1775 in the Thirteen Colonies.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Neck

The Boston Neck or Roxbury Neck was a narrow strip of land connecting the then-peninsular city of Boston to the mainland city of Roxbury (now a neighborhood of Boston).

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British Army during the American Revolutionary War

The British Army during the American Revolutionary War served for eight years in the American Revolutionary War, which was fought throughout North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere from April 19, 1775, to September 3, 1783.

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British Regulars

Commonly used to describe the Napoleonic era British foot soldiers, the British Regulars were known for their distinct red uniform and well-disciplined combat performance.

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Charles Brabin

Charles Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was a British-American film director.

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Charles River

The Charles River (Massachusett: Quinobequin), sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an river in eastern Massachusetts.

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Charlestown, Boston

Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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English Americans

English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

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Francis Smith (British Army officer)

Major General Francis Smith (1723–1791) was a British Army officer.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

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George Bancroft

George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels.

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Hancock–Clarke House

The Hancock–Clarke House is a historic house in Lexington, Massachusetts, which is now a National Historic Landmark.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator.

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Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records.

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History Channel

History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division.

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History of slavery in Massachusetts

Slavery was practiced in Massachusetts bay by Native Americans before European settlement, and continued until its abolition in the 1700s.

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HMS Somerset (1748)

HMS Somerset was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 18 July 1748.

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Israel Bissell

Israel Bissell, also spelled Bissel (1752 – October 24, 1823), was a patriot post rider who delivered mail between Boston, Massachusetts and New York.

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John Hancock

John Hancock (– October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.

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Jonas Clarke

Jonas Clarke (December 25, 1730 – November 15, 1805), sometimes written Jonas Clark, was an American clergyman and political leader who had a role in the American Revolution and in shaping the 1780 Massachusetts and the United States Constitutions.

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Joseph Warren

Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741 – June 17, 1775), a Founding Father of the United States, was an American physician who was one of the most important figures in the Patriot movement in Boston during the early days of the American Revolution, eventually serving as President of the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Lantern

A lantern is an often portable source of lighting, typically featuring a protective enclosure for the light sourcehistorically usually a candle, a wick in oil, or a thermoluminescent mesh, and often a battery-powered light in modern timesto make it easier to carry and hang up, and make it more reliable outdoors or in drafty interiors.

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Lexington Battle Green

The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States.

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Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston.

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Lincoln, Massachusetts

Lincoln is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Major (United Kingdom)

Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Mark Codman

Mark (?-September 18, 1755) (sometimes called Mark Codman) was a Black enslaved man owned by Captain John Codman (1696-1755) of Massachusetts in Charlestown, Boston 20 years before the American Revolutionary War.

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Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)

Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave) is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston.

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Massachusetts Provincial Congress

The Massachusetts Provincial Congress (1774–1780) was a provisional government created in the Province of Massachusetts Bay early in the American Revolution.

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Medford, Massachusetts

Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.

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Minutemen

Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Noah Kahan

Noah Kahan (born January 1, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter who signed with Republic Records in 2017.

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Old North Church

The Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston), is an Episcopal mission church located in the North End neighborhood of Boston.

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Patriot (American Revolution)

Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.

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Paul Revere

Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.)May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord.

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Paul Revere & the Raiders

Paul Revere & the Raiders (also known as Raiders) were an American rock band formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1958. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and Paul Revere & the Raiders are Paul Revere.

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Paul Revere Capture Site

The Paul Revere Capture Site marks the location where Sons of Liberty member Paul Revere was captured by a British Army patrol at around 1.30 AM on April 19, 1775, while on a midnight ride to alert nearby minutemen of the pending arrival of British troops. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and Paul Revere Capture Site are 1775 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Paul Revere.

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Paul Revere's Ride

"Paul Revere's Ride" is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and Paul Revere's Ride are 1775 in the Thirteen Colonies.

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Powder Alarm

The Massachusetts Powder Alarm was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine near Boston by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on September 1, 1774. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and Powder Alarm are 1775 in the Thirteen Colonies.

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Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States.

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Robert Newman (sexton)

Robert Newman (March 20, 1752 – May 26, 1804) was an American sexton at the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams (– October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States.

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Samuel Prescott

Samuel Prescott (August 19, 1751 –) was an American physician and a Massachusetts Patriot during the American Revolutionary War.

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Secrecy

Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals.

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Secretary of State (United Kingdom)

His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or secretaries of state, are senior ministers of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Sexton (office)

A sexton is an officer of a church, congregation, or synagogue charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or an associated graveyard.

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Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Sons of Liberty

The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and Sons of Liberty are American Revolution and Paul Revere.

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Steep Canyon Rangers

Steep Canyon Rangers is an American bluegrass band based in Asheville and Brevard, North Carolina.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician.

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Tales of a Wayside Inn

Tales of a Wayside Inn is a collection of poems by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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The Courtship of Miles Standish

The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims.

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The Song of Hiawatha

The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters.

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated (originally the National Phonograph Company) was the main holding company for the various manufacturing companies established by the inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison.

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Thomas Gage

General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/192 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution.

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Tombstone Blues

"Tombstone Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released as the second track on his sixth studio album Highway 61 Revisited (1965).

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University of Massachusetts Press

The University of Massachusetts Press is a university press that is part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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William Dawes

William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was an American soldier, and was one of several men who, in April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution.

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William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, PC, FRS (20 June 1731 – 15 July 1801), styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman and philanthropist who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1772 to 1775, during the initial stages of the American Revolution.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere's_Midnight_Ride

Also known as Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Revere's Ride, The British Are Coming, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Robert Newman (sexton), Royal Navy, Samuel Adams, Samuel Prescott, Secrecy, Secretary of State (United Kingdom), Sexton (office), Somerville, Massachusetts, Sons of Liberty, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Martin, Tales of a Wayside Inn, The Courtship of Miles Standish, The Song of Hiawatha, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Thomas Gage, Tombstone Blues, University of Massachusetts Press, William Dawes, William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.

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See also

1775 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay

1775 in the Thirteen Colonies

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