William Dawes’s warning ride
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William Dawes’s warning ride was a midnight mission on April 18, 1775, in which Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington to alert colonial leaders and militias of approaching British troops at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical event
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midnight ride → |
| alsoKnownAs |
William Dawes’s midnight ride
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| concurrentWith |
Paul Revere’s midnight ride
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Samuel Prescott’s warning ride → |
| country |
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Thirteen Colonies → |
| describedAs |
a mission to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams in Lexington
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| followedBy |
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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wider outbreak of armed conflict in the American Revolutionary War → |
| follows |
British decision to send troops to Concord
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| genre |
military warning mission
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| hasCause |
British movement out of Boston on April 18, 1775
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British plan to march to Concord to seize colonial military supplies → |
| hasEffect |
colonial militias were alerted to British troop movements
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contributed to colonial preparedness at Lexington and Concord → helped mobilize local Minutemen and militia companies → |
| hasLocation |
Boston
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Lexington → |
| hasPart |
William Dawes’s ride from Boston to Lexington
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| hasParticipant |
William Dawes
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| hasPurpose |
to alert colonial militias of an impending British march
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to warn colonial leaders of approaching British troops → |
| hasTopic |
American Revolution
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Patriot intelligence operations → |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolutionary era
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| opposedBy |
British Army
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| partOf |
American Revolutionary War
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Patriots’ intelligence and alarm system → |
| pointInTime |
April 18, 1775
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night of April 18–19, 1775 → |
| routeEnd |
Lexington
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| routeStart |
Boston
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| significance |
helped initiate the armed phase of the American Revolution
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part of the broader colonial alarm network on April 18–19, 1775 → |
| supportedBy |
Patriot sympathizers along the route
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| temporalRelation |
occurred just before the Battle of Lexington
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| uses |
horseback travel
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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William Dawes’s warning ride
("William Dawes’s midnight ride")
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alsoKnownAs |
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William Dawes’s warning ride
("William Dawes’s ride from Boston to Lexington")
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hasPart |
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William Dawes
("midnight rides of April 18–19, 1775")
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participantIn |
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Hancock-Clarke House
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significantEvent |
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Sarah Orne
("American Revolutionary War midnight ride")
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spouseNotableFor |