Question

HELP Why did Paul Revere and William Dawes ride toward Lexington and Concord on the night of April 18, 1775? They were warning the British that the Americans were coming to take their gunpowder. They were warning the town that the British were coming to attack. They were warning the British that the Americans were coming to attack. They were warning the town that the British were coming to take their gunpowder.

Answer 1

Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. The would-be rebels employed Revere as an express rider to carry news and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia

Answer 2

They were warning the town that the British were coming to attack.

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