The Patriot The film The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, and starring Mel Gibson, is about the time of the American Revolutionary War. It opens right before the colonies are about to go to war with England. It is a story about a single father with six children named Benjamin Martin, who is a veteran of Continental guerrilla warfare, from the French and Indian War days. He doesn't like war, or the idea of the …showed first 75 words of 605 total…

…showed last 75 words of 605 total…who taught his soldiers how to fight Guerilla style to keep them alive against the British who out numbered them, and out everything elsed them. This movie was valid to the course in describing how the fighting tactics of the Continentals helped them to win the war. It also showed that without the help of the French navy, the British would never have been trapped in Yorktown, the last battle of the war. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**