Why did Paul Revere ride to warn John Hancock and Sam Adams?

Answer 1

because John Hancock and Sam Adams were holding a legislative meeting, something made illegal by the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts and the British were marching to Lexington and Concord to stop them and destroy an arsenal.

Answer 2

The fable of Revere comes from a Longfellow poem written in 1861 and in reality he didn't ride through the night yelling about the British coming. Longfellow wrote his poem on the eve of the civil war to remind people of the nation's history. Somehow the poem became part of history and was put into history books as fact. Revere never finished the ride, his horse was taken away and he was held by a British patrol, but thanks to Longfellow we all know who he is. He billed Congress for the ride and the cost of the horse since it was taken from him and it didn't belong to him. It was borrowed. His one big contribution was the picture on a flier after the Boston Massacre showing colonist getting shot by the British. This was pure Propaganda and was used to incite discontent between the colonist and the British troops.

Answer 3

He took the Message,"The British are coming, The British are coming!" from Lexington to Concord, Washington.