5 FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW

ABOUT PAUL REVERE

By: # 17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg

PARENTS OCCUPATIONS

Paul’s father was a silversmith and goldsmith in

Boston, Massachusetts, his mother was a housewife

since back then not many women had the right to

work .

His father had to work two jobs because counting

him and his wife there were twelve Reveres’.http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos_by_r/5466252973/sizes/z/in/photostream/

BIRTH PLACE

Paul Revere was born on January 1 , 1735 in the

North End Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

He lived his whole life in Boston so he knew almost

half the town. Now in Boston there is a statue of

him !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36118394@N02/3426504397/sizes/z/in/photostream/

SIBLINGS

Paul Revere had 12 siblings, I can’t stand mine and I

only have one, it must have been rough for him.

Paul was the third of twelve so he was one of the

older siblings.

Since there were no vaccines back then people died

of the flu and chickenpox only 7 of his siblings

survived adulthood.http://www.flickr.com/photos/55333013@N00/5472712310/sizes/m/in/photostream/

NICKNAMES

Paul Revere was a handsome popular boy so he had two

nicknames after the war:

1. Messenger of the Revolution and

2. Mercury of the Revolution.

Since he was mainly known for riding through town

warning everybody “The British are coming ! The British

are coming !”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg

OCCUPATIONS

Paul Revere followed in his father’s footsteps and became a

silversmith and a goldsmith at the age of fifteen.

Later he became a Copperplate engraver (producing illustrations

for books, magazines, etc.).

He was a hardware and home goods store owner, iron and brass

foundry owner, manufacturer of church bells, manufacturer of

iron bolts and fittings for ships, owner of first copper mill in the

United States, and manufacturer of copper plating and copper

goods.

CREDITS

http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts-on-paul-

revere.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos_by_r/5466252973/sizes/z/

in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36118394@N02/3426504397/

sizes/z/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55333013@N00/5472712310/

sizes/m/in/photostream/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg