Name_____________________________
Paul Revere Scavenger Hunt
1. When was Paul Revere born? When did he die?
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2. What job(s) did Paul do during his life? _______________________________
3. Who did he marry and how many children did he have?
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4. Paul was an official courier (messenger) for who? _____________________
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5. Paul Revere joined the secret anti-British organization called the _______
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6. Paul participated in the famous ___________________________ in which he
and others dressed up like Indians and threw British tea into the harbor.
7. Why is he famous? ___________________________________________________
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8. When did his “Midnight Ride” occur? _________________________________
9. Where did he ride from / to? _________________________________________
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10. What was the purpose of his “Midnight Ride”? ________________________
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11. Who wrote a famous poem about Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride? ______
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12. What was the name of the poem? ___________________________________
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13. Paul waited for a signal from The Old North Church to find out how the
British Troops were coming. If there was 1 lantern in the church steeple it
meant that the British were coming by ______________. If there were 2
lanterns it meant that they were coming by ______________.
14. Paul wanted to warn to famous American Patriots that the British were
planning on arresting them. Who were these Patriots? _______________
and ________________.
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