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William Dawes, Jr. (* 6. April 1745 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony; † 25. Februar 1799 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten) war von Beruf Gerber und einer der Reiter, der kurz vor Beginn des Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskriegs die kolonialen Minutemen vor den anrückenden britischen Truppen warnte, was zu den ...
William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was an American soldier, and was one of several men who, in April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution.
18. Apr. 2012 · William Dawes was a patriot who rode from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn of the British attack in 1775. He escaped capture by a clever ruse, but his name was overshadowed by Paul Revere's fame and a poem by Longfellow.
29. Mai 2022 · Learn about William Dawes, a member of the Sons of Liberty and the first rider to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of the British march to Concord in 1775. Find out his biography, role in the Midnight Ride, and other facts for APUSH review.
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17. Feb. 2014 · Learn about William Dawes, a patriot and a tanner who rode to warn Hancock and Adams of the British army in 1775. Discover his life, his role in the Revolution, and his fate after the ride.
William Dawes, Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL. Late on the night of April 18, 1775, Boston patriot Joseph Warren learned of a British military operation planned for the next day.
William Dawes was a British Marine serving as the official astronomer on board the First Fleet making the 1787–1788 voyage from Britain to the new colony of New South Wales. Between 1788 and 1791, Dawes established not one but two observatories within a kilometre of Sydney’s present-day city centre, a full seven decades before the ...
