The Midnight Ruin of Paul Revere (with Chris Parnell) | Adam Ruins Everything

Paul Revere actually became famous because someone wrote a poem that became famous and none of the other rider's name's rhymed well enough

I live in Concord! My family often goes walking past Paul Reveres capture site. The revolution was a large part of our curriculum in school and we were taught that Paul Revere likely said "The redcoats are coming" or "The lobster backs are coming" since those were both common nicknames for the British soldiers at the time.

someone does something important in history Adam: I'm gonna ruin this man's whole career

Adam failed to mention my favorite rider: Sybil Ludington. She alerted militia forces in villages of Putnam County, New York and Danbury, Connecticut, to the approach of the British regular forces on April 26, 1777. That’s more than twice the distance attributed to Revere.

They don’t mention it here, but Revere became so famous and associated with the ride because Longfellow wrote a poem about him in 1860 that credited him with the whole mission

watching this on a phone "Put down your smartphones" K bye

0:00 "Put down your smartphones-" Me, watching this on my smartphone: You're the boss.

I think what needs to be remembered is that the revolution was largely about economic interest. The famous tax on tea was not really a tax in the modern sense, it was a monopoly imposed on the colonies by the east India company. The merchant class and craftsmen, which included people like Revere and John Hancock, opposed this because it harmed them economically (Hancock was the richest man in Boston and personally lost a lot of money from the cheap tea being sent to the colonies by the East India company, and many other merchants and craftsmen wanted protective tariffs to help their growing industries). These people were mostly in the north, hints why the rebellion began in Boston.

This story might be even better than the original. A silent work of a well organized army, spreading quickly the news about the incoming rivals

Adam you translated to animated quite well.

2:55 Apparently every British girl wants to be tracer.

Regulars? So 18 century way of saying normies.

The real story is much better there.. more boring and logical in ways, since it's not out oif the ordinary for them.. but one special hero, is too movie-like which makes it even more boring and annoying to listen to. Seeing a proper functioning plan with many riders and secrecy, is far more interesting I think. Even if it is more logical and less obnoxious.

“Put down your smartphone” but I’m using my smartphone to watch this video

Pff, this guy thinks he's ruining everything for me when actually he's just feeding me knowledge and information and making me smarter!

I absolutely love this new style of Adam Ruins Everything. Amazing. Keep on doing it this way, please.

What Paul Revere should be remembered for was his contribution as a silversmith. He engraved a famous depiction of the "Boston Massacre."

Narrator: “put down your cell phones and watch” Me: puts down cellphone Narrator: silence Me: “oh right I’m watching this on a phone”

“You’re gonna tell me you’re not French with hair and clothes like that?” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love French jokes, but they annoy the crap out of my French roommate XD

DOES ANYONE THINK THE NARRATOR SOUNDS LIKE JERRY FROM RICK AND MORTY!?!?!? UPDATE: he is