In the Patriot, Benjamin Martin says “I have done nothing. And for that I am ashamed.” He was explaining how he feels guilty about how he did not do anything to help the American cause earlier in the war. He was being portrayed as one of the men for the American cause in The Patriot. With the exception of economically, the Patriot was overall socially and militarily shown well.
Throughout the whole movie, the social part of the South was shown generally good. The taverns “Were meeting places for the militia or minutemen” (www.freedomsway.org). The tavern system was represented exactly how it was back then by how, in the movie, Benjamin Martin went into the tavern and recruited men to become militiamen for the American side. Churches shaped …show more content…
Baron Von Steuben arrived to help train the inexperienced militia men (class notes). In the movie, Baron Von Steuben came and helped train Benjamin’s militiamen to shoot better. The guerilla tactics “managed to wear down Cornwallis' force with hit-and-run tactics and the destruction of supplies, making his army more vulnerable when they finally confronted the main Continental Army at Yorktown” (The American Revolutionary War was not won by using Guerilla Tactics). Benjamin Martin tried to use this tactic against a British fleet, but ran into the whole army, so he had to flee with his militiamen. Bloody Ban Tarleton was “The most feared officer in the British army during the War for American Independence” (Bloody Ban Tarleton born in Britain). Throughout the whole movie, Bloody Ban was brutal to the American patriots; an example would be when he burns Benjamin’s house and kills one of his sons and captures the other son to be hung. Baron Von Steuben was portrayed very well throughout the movie by how he was helping Benjamin’s militia the whole time. Bloody Ban’s personality and how he acted toward others was portrayed unquestionably good. All of the tactics used by the Americans were depicted throughout the whole
Throughout the whole movie, the social part of the South was shown generally good. The taverns “Were meeting places for the militia or minutemen” (www.freedomsway.org). The tavern system was represented exactly how it was back then by how, in the movie, Benjamin Martin went into the tavern and recruited men to become militiamen for the American side. Churches shaped …show more content…
Baron Von Steuben arrived to help train the inexperienced militia men (class notes). In the movie, Baron Von Steuben came and helped train Benjamin’s militiamen to shoot better. The guerilla tactics “managed to wear down Cornwallis' force with hit-and-run tactics and the destruction of supplies, making his army more vulnerable when they finally confronted the main Continental Army at Yorktown” (The American Revolutionary War was not won by using Guerilla Tactics). Benjamin Martin tried to use this tactic against a British fleet, but ran into the whole army, so he had to flee with his militiamen. Bloody Ban Tarleton was “The most feared officer in the British army during the War for American Independence” (Bloody Ban Tarleton born in Britain). Throughout the whole movie, Bloody Ban was brutal to the American patriots; an example would be when he burns Benjamin’s house and kills one of his sons and captures the other son to be hung. Baron Von Steuben was portrayed very well throughout the movie by how he was helping Benjamin’s militia the whole time. Bloody Ban’s personality and how he acted toward others was portrayed unquestionably good. All of the tactics used by the Americans were depicted throughout the whole