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There are many different methods of warning people today of imminent danger then there was in 1776. The ability of warning people in 1776 were very slow and ineffective (which I mean ineffective as in warning very few numbers at a time). For example, Paul Revere had to ride to the colonists to warn them of danger. This now could be done by a simple telephone call. Also, the hanging of the lanterns in the tower of the Old North Church in Boston was a very sluggish way of doing things. Now days they could have also made a simple phone call. Just think if you had to warn someone just a mile away about a sudden danger it would take you less time to call or drive a car then it would to ride a horse or walk. The amount of time took so much longer that just about the time they had the others warned it was very close of b