Paul Revere shouted "The Regulars are coming" in 1775 when he was on horseback galloping through the streets to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams when the battle of Lexington and Concord were occurring when the British soldiers were coming to attack.
Paul Revere.
How did Paul revere warn the colonists that the British were coming?
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He yelled, "The regulars are coming!" because the patriots and colonists still considered themselves British. The army soldiers were called "regulars".
Because the majority of colonists still considered themselves British, so were he to shout, "The British are coming," it would have meant nothing to them.
Paul Revere.
The regulars are coming
How did Paul revere warn the colonists that the British were coming?
me
Dawes(last name) and Revere said "the Regulars are out"(not the british are coming) throughout the countryside of New England.
Well, he was the most famous for his quote in 1775 "THE REGULARS ARE COMING! THE REGULARS ARE COMING!" which he yelled on horseback through town warning the others. Most think he said the "THE BRITISH ARE COMING!" but he really said the regulars.
He yelled, "The regulars are coming!" because the patriots and colonists still considered themselves British. The army soldiers were called "regulars".
No one knows exactly what he said, but I think his exact words were, "The Regulars are coming out!" Or "The British are coming!"
Because the majority of colonists still considered themselves British, so were he to shout, "The British are coming," it would have meant nothing to them.
It's been attributed to Paul Revere, but the actual words were supposedly "The Regulars are coming out" - then as people took liberty of the recounting of the story, became "the British are coming" or "The Redcoats are coming". Both "Regulars" and "Redcoats" were names for the British Army troops. He wouldn't have said "The British are coming" as many believe, because many fighting with the British Army during the Revolution where British themselves.
Paul Revere, Richard Dawes, and later Samuel Prescott. The call was not "the British are coming", but " the regulars are coming out.
The British Regulars were on the move and Revere's job was to warn the local militia.