THE PATRIOT

BENJAMIN MARTIN

• The main character in the Patriot
• Played by Mel Gibson
• Not actual revolutionary person
• Can be closely related to Francis Marion the "swamp fox"
• Was a bad rocking chair maker

GENERAL LORD CORNWALLIS

• An actual revolutionary figure, who was in command of British troops
• Was depicted, with all of the British soldiers to be the bad guy, to make the movie entertaining
• He was shown as a person of power who looks down on everyone around him

COL. TAVINGTON

• Fictional character, who is the main antagonist
• Based off of Banastre Tarleton who was nicknamed the "butcher"
• His character is portrayed as a killer who doesn't care who you are
• When in reality the colonist were more brutal than British

CAPTAIN WILKINS

• Not a big role in the movie
• Provides a Benedict Arnold like character to the movie
• A loyalist who ends up killing everyone from his town
• He is a does whatever col. Tavington tells him

GABRIEL MARTIN

• Large role in the movie
• No close relation to anyone from the Revolutionary War
• Benjamin Martin's son

GENTLEMEN'S WARFARE

• Line to line combat firing straight into lines of the enemy
• Depicted correctly in the movie

MILITIA AMBUSHES

• The fighting style of colonial militia were depicted correctly

TREATMENT OF SLAVES

• The movie barely showed slaves and when it did they were all happy
• Realistically this was not the case, because most slaves didn't like being slaves

BATTLE OF COWPENS

• The battle of cow pens was an actual battle
• However events show in the movie did not happen there

BATTLE OF YORKTOWN

• Only a little was shown in the movie of this battle
• The material shown was historically accurate
• The French navy did blockade the sea, helping trap the Brithish