Paul+Reveire+Ride+Argument

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__Rebel:__ Paul Revere's ride was very important to us minutemen. (SLIDE 3) If he wasn't brave enough to look for the lobsterbacks, then the whole town would be dead!

__Eileen:__ //*coughs*// Well, that is not exactly true. Not only Paul Revere, but all of the Patriots were disloyal to His Majesty, the king. (walks to front of the room)

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__Rebel:__ The minutemen had to fight, or the lobsterbacks would have killed us all!

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__Eileen:__ Thats treason to the king and Parliament.

__Rebel:__ There was no such thing, we were our own government.

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__Eileen__: That, what was his name? Revere... woke the town of Lexington, during a perfectly good night-time attack.

__Rebel:__ You are saying that the fact that your men were killed and nothing else happened. You do not think that your men killed the minutemen?

__Eileen:__ Of couse that happened, but we are real soldiers, we fought with honor. Your men were just farmers and merchants.

SLIDE 7 __Rebel:__ Well, the midnight ride of Paul Revere was a great feat for the Minutemen. We set up a whole system of lights to alert the next..."checkpoint" that the British were coming. Revere rode through the night with other brave men and women with good hearts to alert us to get ready to fight.

__Eileen:__ Barely! Revere was a subject of his king, and helped the rebels out of spite. It was a lot of fuss over a few taxes. It was manageable for most people. Yet, Mr. Paul Revere was blinded by greed and went on his amazing midnight ride. Blah blah blah. If it was such a great feat, why aren't any other of the men and women recognized?

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__Rebel:__ I am not sure actually, and you think it was spite? We came to this land to find new lives, and to escape the king. He crushed those dreams and sent his soldiers with all of his different laws and taxes. That is true treason. Paul Revere was a brave man, to stand up for his rights, against the king, against Great Britain all together.

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