Conclusion
By looking at the facts and the numbers of men lost in battle by both sides, but especially by the British, it becomes clear
that Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn other colonists that the British were coming did in fact lead to colonial victory at
the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The main objectives known for the advancement of British troops were to arrest
Samuel Adams and John Hancock and to capture colonial weapons and ammunition supplies stored in Concord (Brooks, 41).
Due to the warnings that Paul Revere (and William Dawes) gave to residents along their routes, neither of these goals were
met. Though they were able to warn Adams and Hancock directly, many of the citizens who were warned were able to go out
on horseback themselves and advise other colonists of the impending attack. These warnings permitted the citizens of
Middlesex County, Massachusetts to gather collectively in battle and thus defeat the British soldiers in the first battle of the
Revolutionary War, a psychological victory as much as it was a physical one. The victory by colonial forces during the
Battles of Lexington and Concord can be directly attributed to the warnings of forthcoming British soldiers given to citizens
of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, by a Bostonian silversmith and courier named Paul Revere.