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Part 2:Paul Revere’s Ride
By: Toni Gonzales
Paul Revere’s America
• A mechanic in the 18th century
  who made things with his hands.
  He took raw lumps of metal, and
  made works of art.
• He was a man consumed with
  personal ambition and was
  devoted to his community. He
  helped start a revolution, but his
  purpose was to resist change and
  to preserve the values of the past.
• He sought the path of virtue but
  enjoyed the pleasures of the
  world.
Paul Revere’s America
• He became a yankee and his mind
  and character were shaped by
  family, school, church, and the
  town itself.
• He gained a discipline of thought
  without losing his curiosity about
  the world.
• He made frames for miniature
  portraits and studied the art of
  copper-plate engraving . He did
  many illustrations for Boston
  printers on the side he learned a
  method of “setting false teeth.”
General Gage’s Dilemma
• General Thomas Gage was the
  most powerful man in North
  America.
• For months he tried to act with
  firmness and restraint, but the
  people of New England had
  stubbornly set all his efforts at
  defiance.
• He thought of himself as a fair-
  minded and moderate man, a
  friend of liberty and a defender of
  what he was pleased to call “the
  common rights of mankind.”
General Gage’s Dilemma
• After awhile Thomas Gage had
  come to hate his town. A couple
  months later he wrote “I wish this
  cursed place was burned.”
• The Gages may not have been an
  admirable couple, but London
  found them amusing, and they
  were well connected at Court.
• For Thomas Gage, the rule of law
  meant the absolute supremacy of
  that many-headed sovereign., the
  King-in-Parliament.
First Strokes
• Gage had finally set his plan in
  motion. His first step was to seize
  the largest stock of gunpowder in
  New England.
• Gage selected one of his most able
  officers, Lieutenant- Colonel
  George Maddison, a commander
  of the 4th foot.
• On the morning of Sep 1,1774
  Maddison’s men crept out of their
  quarters and marched to Long
  Wharf, where the navy was
  waiting with thirteen longboats.
First Strokes
• General Gage was very pleased
  that his staff had planned the
  mission perfectly, and Colonel
  Maddison had executed it without
  a flaw.
• The people of the town were
  caught completely by surprise and
  it was rumored that the Province
  had been “robbed of it’s powder,"
  and that the war had begun.
• That night a young traveler
  named McNeil happened to be on
  the road from the Connecticut
  Valley to Boston.
Mounting Tensions
• After months of frost, Boston
  larders were empty, and food was
  increasingly scarce. The price of
  fresh provisions were high in the
  crowded town that General Gage
  was forced to put his army on salt
  rations.
• The drinking water began to go
  foul and health started to go
  downhill.
• The army had been so sickly
  during the winter that many had
  died or deserted.
Mounting Tensions
• General Gage began doubling his
   guards around town to keep his
   own men in and the “country
   people” out. In desperation he
   began to execute his own men.
   When a young private tried to
   desert for the third time he was
   dressed in a white shroud of
   repentance, take to Boston
   Common, and shit by a firing
   squad while the town watched in
   complete shock and horror.
In New England, corporal
   punishment was lawful for the
   violation of God’s
   Commandments.

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Part 2 paul revere's ride

  • 1. Part 2:Paul Revere’s Ride By: Toni Gonzales
  • 2. Paul Revere’s America • A mechanic in the 18th century who made things with his hands. He took raw lumps of metal, and made works of art. • He was a man consumed with personal ambition and was devoted to his community. He helped start a revolution, but his purpose was to resist change and to preserve the values of the past. • He sought the path of virtue but enjoyed the pleasures of the world.
  • 3. Paul Revere’s America • He became a yankee and his mind and character were shaped by family, school, church, and the town itself. • He gained a discipline of thought without losing his curiosity about the world. • He made frames for miniature portraits and studied the art of copper-plate engraving . He did many illustrations for Boston printers on the side he learned a method of “setting false teeth.”
  • 4. General Gage’s Dilemma • General Thomas Gage was the most powerful man in North America. • For months he tried to act with firmness and restraint, but the people of New England had stubbornly set all his efforts at defiance. • He thought of himself as a fair- minded and moderate man, a friend of liberty and a defender of what he was pleased to call “the common rights of mankind.”
  • 5. General Gage’s Dilemma • After awhile Thomas Gage had come to hate his town. A couple months later he wrote “I wish this cursed place was burned.” • The Gages may not have been an admirable couple, but London found them amusing, and they were well connected at Court. • For Thomas Gage, the rule of law meant the absolute supremacy of that many-headed sovereign., the King-in-Parliament.
  • 6. First Strokes • Gage had finally set his plan in motion. His first step was to seize the largest stock of gunpowder in New England. • Gage selected one of his most able officers, Lieutenant- Colonel George Maddison, a commander of the 4th foot. • On the morning of Sep 1,1774 Maddison’s men crept out of their quarters and marched to Long Wharf, where the navy was waiting with thirteen longboats.
  • 7. First Strokes • General Gage was very pleased that his staff had planned the mission perfectly, and Colonel Maddison had executed it without a flaw. • The people of the town were caught completely by surprise and it was rumored that the Province had been “robbed of it’s powder," and that the war had begun. • That night a young traveler named McNeil happened to be on the road from the Connecticut Valley to Boston.
  • 8. Mounting Tensions • After months of frost, Boston larders were empty, and food was increasingly scarce. The price of fresh provisions were high in the crowded town that General Gage was forced to put his army on salt rations. • The drinking water began to go foul and health started to go downhill. • The army had been so sickly during the winter that many had died or deserted.
  • 9. Mounting Tensions • General Gage began doubling his guards around town to keep his own men in and the “country people” out. In desperation he began to execute his own men. When a young private tried to desert for the third time he was dressed in a white shroud of repentance, take to Boston Common, and shit by a firing squad while the town watched in complete shock and horror. In New England, corporal punishment was lawful for the violation of God’s Commandments.