Historical story

Why did Paul Revere go warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock?

To alert them of the British military's plan to arrest them and seize the colonial gunpowder stockpile

* Paul Revere's famous midnight ride was part of a larger effort by the Sons of Liberty to warn the leaders of the American Revolution that the British military was planning to arrest them and seize the colony's gunpowder stockpile.

* Paul Revere was one of several riders who set out from Boston to warn the leaders of the approaching British troops.

* Revere rode to Concord, where Samuel Adams and John Hancock were staying. He successfully warned them, and they were able to escape before the British arrived.