Reaction Assignment #3 Professor Keller- History 1311 My father was a local merchant in the city of Boston in 1764 when Parliament passed The Sugar Act1 in yet another attempt to increase Britain’s revenue after the end of the Seven Years War. One of nine children‚ my family struggled financially during the upcoming years. I suppose my parents worried constantly that we would suffer economic loss as Great Britain passed many taxation acts2 which further tightened any financial gain
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The Patriot The Patriot is a 2000 American historical war film. The film mainly takes place in York County‚ South Carolina. The movie depicts a story of an American who is swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. Benjamin Martin‚ one of the main figures‚ is based on four real American Revolutionary heroes being: Andrew Pickens‚ Francis Marion‚ Daniel Morgan‚ and Thomas Sumter. In the movie‚ Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson)‚ a veteran of the French and Indian War and
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The Patriot Video Work Olivia D. Henning Doc. Gary Wray HIST 111 29 July‚ 2012 The Patriot is a movie that takes place during the American Revolution in 1776. The movie follows the life of an America patriot named Benjamin Martin. He is the father of seven children and is a widower. He and his family lived on their plantation and work the land alongside of free‚ employed African American men‚ and a few slaves. Throughout the movie‚ Benjamin changes his mindset from wanting
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Mckenze Sander The Patriot The Patriot was about man name Benjamin Martin who was once was a French and Indian war hero‚ is a patriot who does not want to fight in the war against Britain. Benjamin has seven children and raised them by himself after his wife passed away. They lived in South Carolina. His oldest son name Gabriel enlistes in the army and‚ when South Carolina goes to war with Britain‚ he is involved. Colonel Tavington‚ the enemy had come to South Carolina with the .Gabriel
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Some would argue in the movie “The Patriot” that Benjamin Martin’s main motivation for participating in the Revolutionary War is his patriotism. However‚ Martins motivation for entering the war is personal revenge for the loss of his son and his plantation burning to the ground. At the beginning of the movie Martin argued against fighting the British. He wants to live peacefully on his small plantation‚ and wants no part of a war with such a powerful nation‚ Great Britain. On the other hand his
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The film “The Patriot” is about a father named Benjamin Martin who quit fighting in order to raise his family but is forced to fight when his son Gabriel Martin returns to the army after being injured. Benjamin leads a militia into battle against the British army who were considered as the most powerful army in the world at the time. At the beginning of the movie‚ the mood starts off in a happy way because it’s a sunny day and the kids were excited because the post rider came. Benjamin Martin visits
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The poem ‘The Patriot’ is based on a man who has worked and fought for his country‚ which is clear in the title of the poem. The poem goes on to say that the public have not understood his intensions and they have punished him with the sentence to death. To begin with‚ the first stanza sets the scene and the setting of the poem‚ allowing the reader to understand where the writer is and what the poem is generally about. It says: “It was roses‚ roses‚ all the way”. Connotations of ‘roses’ are love
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that provides a good mix of history while remaining entertaining for an extended period of times. Like most Hollywood History films‚ The Patriot tries to find the perfect balance of fiction and truth into a very entertaining two hours. By examining the film’s story and its historical accuracies and inaccuracies‚ this will becomes increasingly apparent. The Patriot‚ released in 2000‚ details the campaign of a war that has been‚ for the most part‚ ignored in the film world. It is 1776 when the Revolutionary
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A. The Patriot – there is no direct explanation for the deviation from fact but it is acknowledged that there are many discrepancies within the movie‚ “There was no such person as Benjamin Martin” and “The most serious deviation from the historical record was the incineration of the occupied church: There is no record of any such event”. This movie was an intentional deviation from fact and a mish mash of similar event surrounding that time simply for entertainment value. The movie provided just
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Patriot Throughout many decades history has been learned by reading books and listening to past experiences or stories. Although many still use standard history books‚ it seem fair to say that most people now a days are getting their history‚ or what they think is history from movies. It is an unavoidable phenomenon now that televised entertainment is such a big thing. More and more people watch Television so why not put some education into it. Many movies don’t have an accurate explanation‚ or
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