Paul Revere participated in which famous protest?

Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 O.S. – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861).

In November 1773 the merchant ship Dartmouth arrived in Boston harbor carrying the first shipment of tea made under the terms of the Tea Act. This act authorized the British East India Company to ship tea (of which it had huge surpluses due to colonial boycotts organized in response to the Townshend Acts) directly to the colonies, bypassing colonial merchants. Passage of the act prompted calls for renewed protests against the tea shipments, on which Townshend duties were still levied. Revere and Warren, as members of the informal North End Caucus, organized a watch over the Dartmouth to prevent the unloading of the tea. Revere took his turns on guard duty, and was one of the ringleaders in the Boston Tea Party of December 16, when colonists (some disguised as Indians) dumped tea from the Dartmouth and two other ships into the harbor.

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Manny Lance Mossberger

Widely known fact... he also fronted a great rock and roll band.

cgrhm

Cheryl McMeekin, History class in the 3rd grade. History class in college told a different story.

ndlamers

I feel like the correct answer should be the Stamp Act protest which eventually led to the Boston tea party a little under a decade later. The explanation doesn't even mention the Stamp Act at all. Just food for thought.

dlh

Got it👏

urbigguns

I actually have a piece of one of the original oak beams from USS Constitution, Todd

urbigguns

Todd Van Dell, The USS Constitution hadn't been built yet. Just saying, chronologically

urbigguns

Cedric Walter's, the Russian's weren't a problem for him. He was mostly concerned with King George!

Cedric Walters

Wonder how he would feel about the Russians.

Don Racette

Cheryl McMeekin Your history instructor told me you always were asleep in his class.

Todd Van Dell

Pretty sure The Constitution was one of the other ships besides the Dartmouth. If you visit Boston, you can actually still tour The Constitution, moored pier side in Boston Harbor. And, you can actually throw bales of "tea" into Boston Harbor yourself, as part of the tour. Don't worry, tho. The "tea" bales have rope tied to them so they can be reeled back aboard the ship and reused by other tourists. Fun fact: The USS Constitution is the oldest continuously commissioned ship in the USNavy. Technically, it does not go out to sea anymore, which is a requirement for all ships to maintain their commission. The Constitution meets this requirement every six months. It sails out into Boston Harbor, under the bridge, turns around, and returns to the pier, typically facing the opposite direction it was previously facing. It could not withstand any extensive lengths of time at sea, especially considering it's basically a floating naval museum. But that's how it maintains its commission. I learned all of this when my own ship, USS AYLWIN (FF1081), a Knox-class fast frigate, visited Boston. We moored our ship directly behind The Constitution, and I seem to recall we were there when they did their semi-annual commission retention turn around there in Boston Harbor. They make a pretty big deal of it, so it was cool to get to see that. And The Constitution is a great billet for sailors to get. They get to wear period-correct uniforms (Revolutionary War era, I believe), and, since the ship only goes out twice a year for commission recertification, duty on board The Constitution is basically shore duty, because the ship doesn't get underway, other than the commissioning recert runs into Boston Harbor and back. Pretty ideal duty for sailors who are married with families who would rather not be aboard an actively commissioned ship that regularly gets underway for month long tours or longer, depending on the size of the ship. (Carriers are usually underway for several months at a time, as they are floating cities and can load enough provisions for long stretches at sea. Whereas the fast frigate that was my second ship was significantly smaller than a giant carrier, and could only requisition enough provisions for at most a month underway. Two weeks was a far more typical underway period for the Aylwin.)