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Paul Revere did not shout "The British are coming!" on his famous midnight ride because the colonists of Massachusetts would have still considered themselves British. He instead said "The Regulars are coming out."
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When it became evident that the British were preparing a military expedition, most of the Patriot leaders left Boston, with the exception of Paul Revere and Joseph Warren. Revere and Warren did not leave Boston until April 18, which is when Revere did his famous midnight ride to warn the citizens of Concord that "the British are coming!"
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Paul Revere was captured towards the end of his famous midnight ride.
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In 1779, four after his midnight ride, Paul Revere was brought up on charges of insubordination and cowardice by General Wadsworth, the grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who 80 years later penned the poem "Paul Revere's Ride."
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After the town bell in Lexington was set off following Paul Revere's midnight ride, a Lexington resident being held captive by the British army shouted "The bell's a'ringing! The town's alarmed, and you're all dead men!"
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Paul Revere stole the limelight from the real hero of the midnight ride.
